Integration of multimodal medical imagery

Author

Greenshields, I.R. ; Beshers, G. McA

Author_Institution

Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1988

fDate

5-8 Jan 1988

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

47

Abstract

An approach being undertaken to provide a language-based methodology for formalizing the manipulation of diagnostic imagery drawn from a number of distinct physical sources is described. It consists in essence of a vehicle for bridging the gap between the simple display and storage of such images and the eventual process of automated image understanding and expert-system-aided diagnostics. The use of a common abstracted data object based on a region topology is proposed, and the ramifications of such an approach are explored

Keywords

computerised picture processing; data structures; medical administrative data processing; automated image understanding; common abstracted data object; diagnostic imagery; distinct physical sources; expert-system-aided diagnostics; language-based methodology; multimodal medical imagery; region topology; Biomedical imaging; Displays; Image processing; Image storage; Medical diagnostic imaging; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Pathology; Radiography; Radiology; Ultrasonic imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1988. Vol.IV. Applications Track., Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kailua-Kona, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0844-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1988.11957

Filename

11957