Title :
A Supporting Method of Medical Imaging Diagnosis with Sonification
Author :
Kagawa, Tsuneo ; Kudo, Hideki ; Tanoue, Shuichi ; Kiyosue, Hiro ; Mori, Hiromu ; Nishino, Hiroaki ; Utsumiya, Kouichi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Intell. Syst., Oita Univ., Oita, Japan
Abstract :
Recently, Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) has become one of the most important for medical activity. The more exact and various CAD become, the larger amount of medical images are provided. Furthermore, these images become high definition. Radiologists have to cost their time and efforts to investigate these medical images. It is strongly required to reduce their burden without debasing the quality of imaging diagnosis. In this paper, we propose the technique to generate sound information based on the image features and discuss their sounds for diagnosis. Sonification technique helps for attention rousing and the fatigue reduction for medical imaging diagnosis.
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; feature extraction; medical image processing; radiology; ultrasonic imaging; CAD; computer aided diagnosis; fatigue reduction; image feature; medical imaging diagnosis; radiologist; sonification technique; Blood vessels; Computed tomography; Design automation; Feature extraction; Medical diagnostic imaging; Multi-modal Interaction; Sonification; User Interface;
Conference_Titel :
Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS), 2012 Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Palermo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1233-2
DOI :
10.1109/CISIS.2012.144