Interfacf Requirements in Nuclear Medicine-Devices and Systems

Author

Maguire, G.Q., Jr. ; Brill, A.B. ; Noz, M.E. ; Bennett, G.W. ; Schimpf, H. ; Horii, S.C. ; Yonekura, Y. ; Zeleznik, M.P. ; Bizais, Y. ; Baxter, B.S. ; Zubal, I. George ; Hitchner, L.E. ; Rowe, R.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radiology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016 and Department of Computer Science, UJniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Volume

29

Issue

4

fYear

1982

Firstpage

1280

Lastpage

1290

Abstract

Interface designs for three nuclear medicine imaging systems, and computer networking strategies proposed for medical imaging departments are presented. Configurations for two positron emission tomography devices (PET III and ECAT) and a general purpose tomography instrument (the UNICON) are analyzed in terms of specific performance parameters. Interface designs for these machines are contrasted in terms of utilization of standard versus custom modules, cost, and ease of modification, upgrade, and support. The requirements of general purpose systems for medical image analysis, display, and archiving, are considered, and a realizable state of the art system is specified, including a suggested timetable.

Keywords

Biomedical imaging; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Costs; Displays; Image analysis; Instruments; Nuclear medicine; Performance analysis; Positron emission tomography;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.1982.4332185

Filename

4332185