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Medical images : formation, handling, and evaluation /

Medical imaging is a very important area in diagnostic (and increasingly therapeutic) medicine. Many new techniques are being developed or extended which depend on digital methods. Although conventional x-radiographs still comprise the bulk of the medical images acquired in a hospital, digital metho...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service), North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division, NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Formation, Handling, and Evaluation of Medical Images
Other Authors: Todd-Pokropek, Andrew, Viergever, M. A.
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1992]
Series:NATO ASI series. Computer and systems sciences ; no. 98.
Subjects:
Diagnostic imaging > Digital techniques > Congresses.
Imaging systems in medicine > Congresses.
Diagnostic Imaging > Congresses.
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted > Congresses.
reconstruction image.
image 3D.
tomographie.
IRM.
évaluation image.
formation image.
image biomédicale.
Diagnostic imaging > Digital techniques.
Imaging systems in medicine.
Médecine > Informatique > Congrès.
Imagerie médicale > Congrès.
Electronic books.
Conference proceedings.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Medical imaging is a very important area in diagnostic (and increasingly therapeutic) medicine. Many new techniques are being developed or extended which depend on digital methods. Although conventional x-radiographs still comprise the bulk of the medical images acquired in a hospital, digital methods such as computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are now often claimed to have a more significant clinical impact. This book is concerned with three aspects of such digital images: their formation, or how they can be acquired; their handling, or how they may be manipulated to increase their clinical value; and their evaluation, or how their impact and value may be assessed. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 comprises a series of reviews in the general subject area written by authorities in the field. Part 2 includes papers on theoretical aspects: 3D images, reconstruction, perception, and image processing. Part 3includes papers on applications in nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance, andradiology.
Item Description:"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Formation, Handling, and Evaluation of Medical Images, held at Povoa de Varzim, Portugal, September 12-23, 1988"--Title page verso.
"Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 700 pages) : illustrations.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783642778889 (electronic bk.)
3642778887 (electronic bk.)