Starting from raw data files coding eight bits of gray values per image pixel and identified with no more than eight characters to refer to the patient, the study, and technical parameters of the imaging modality, biomedical imaging has undergone manifold and rapid developments...
Keywords: Computer-assisted image processing, computerassisted image interpretation, automatic data processing, medical informatics applications, pattern recognition, three-dimensional imaging
01/2004 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVES: To design, implement in Java, and evaluate a method and means for the automated localization of artificial landmarks in optical images for tuned-aperture computed tomography (TACT) that allows the replacement of radiographic with optical landmarks. METHODS: Circular, colored, optical landmarks were designed to provide flexibility with regard to landmark constellation, imaging equipment, and lighting conditions...
Keywords: Computer-assisted image processing, X-ray computed tomography, three-dimensional imaging
01/2004 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVE: This paper shows the use of the emerging Grid technology for gathering underused resources that are distributed among a corporate network...
Keywords: Grid, medical information computing, three-dimensional imaging
01/2005 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer