Acceptance testing of integrated picture archiving and communications systems.

abstract：:The standard definition of high-risk individuals for lung cancer was not uniform and the value of chest digital radiography (DR) in lung cancer screening was still unproven. The aim of this study was to assess whether the original questionnaire named as "Self-evaluation Scoring Questionnaire for High-risk Individuals ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Chen B,Wang Y,Cao H,Liu D,Zhang S,Gao J,Yu J,Huang Y,Li W

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Training as a radiology resident is a complex task. Residents frequently encounter multiple hospital systems, each with unique workflow patterns and heterogenous information systems. We identified an opportunity to ease some of the resulting anxiety and frustration by centralizing high-quality resources using a wiki. ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Kohli MD,Bradshaw JK

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to prove the feasibility of the remote interpretation of real-time transmitted ultrasound videos of dynamic and static organs using a smartphone with control of the image quality given a limited internet connection speed. For this study, 100 cases of echocardiography videos (dynamic organ)-50 with an eject...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Kim C,Cha H,Kang BS,Choi HJ,Lim TH,Oh J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tracked a radiology department's conversion from utilization of a Kodak Amber analog system to a Kodak DirectView DR 5100 digital system. Through the use of ProModel Optimization Suite, a workflow simulation software package, significant quantitative information was derived from workflow process data measur...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Wideman C,Gallet J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital acquisition of data from the various imaging modalities for input to a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is discussed. Essential features for successful clinical implementation including Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) compliance, radiology information system (RIS)/hospit...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Andriole KP

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Devising a method that can select cases based on the performance levels of trainees and the characteristics of cases is essential for developing a personalized training program in radiology education. In this paper, we propose a novel hybrid prediction algorithm called content-boosted collaborative filtering (CBCF) to...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Lin H,Yang X,Wang W

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent healthcare policies have influenced the manner in which patient data is handled in research projects, and the regulations concerning protected health information have become significantly tighter. Thus, new procedures are needed to facilitate research while protecting the confidentiality of patient data and ens...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Rajala T,Savio S,Penttinen J,Dastidar P,Kähönen M,Eskola H,Miettunen R,Turjanmaa V,Järvenpää R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a computerized method of calculating a breast density index (BDI) from digitized mammograms that was designed specifically to model radiologists' perception of breast density. A set of 153 pairs of digitized mammograms (cranio-caudal, CC, and mediolateral oblique, ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Boone JM,Lindfors KK,Beatty CS,Seibert JA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sacroiliac (SI) joint dislocations and sacral fractures of the pelvis can be stabilized by SI screws; however, screw insertion into a sacral isthmus region is risky for the adjacent neurovascular structures. Therefore, shape analyses of general SI screw corridors or safety zones are of great surgical interest; however...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Noser H,Radetzki F,Stock K,Mendel T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we describe and evaluate a system that extracts clinical findings and body locations from radiology reports and correlates them. The system uses Medical Language Extraction and Encoding System (MedLEE) to map the reports' free text to structured semantic representations of their content. A lightweight r...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Sevenster M,van Ommering R,Qian Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital imaging systems used in radiology rely on electronic display devices to present images to human observers. Active-matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs) continue to improve and are beginning to be considered for diagnostic image display. In spite of recent progress, AMLCDs are characterized by a change in lum...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Fifadara DH,Averbukh A,Channin DS,Badano A

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimization of brightness distribution in the template used for detection of cancerous masses in mammograms by means of correlation coefficient is presented. This optimization is performed by the evolutionary algorithm using an auxiliary mass classifier. Brightness along the radius of the circularly symmetric templat...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Bator M,Nieniewski M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the UK, physicists and radiographers perform routine quality control (QC) of digital mammography equipment at daily, weekly and monthly intervals. The tests performed and tolerances are specified by standard protocols. The manual nature of many of the tests introduces variability due to the positioning of regions o...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Looney P,Halling-Brown MD,Oduko JM,Young KC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a heuristic approach to automated nipple detection in digital mammograms is presented. A multithresholding algorithm is first applied to segment the mammogram and separate the breast region from the background region. Next, the problem is considered separately for craniocaudal (CC) and mediolateral-obli...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Jas M,Mukhopadhyay S,Chakraborty J,Sadhu A,Khandelwal N

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Picture archiving and communications system (PACS) in the context of an outpatient trauma care center asks for a high level of interaction between information systems to guarantee rapid image acquisition and distribution to the surgeon. During installation of the Innsbruck PACS, special aspects of traumatology had to ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Peer S,Vogl R,Peer R,Jaschke W

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a segmentation technique that uses the watershed transformation to provide mass detection in dense breast digitized images. The technique consists of four steps: preprocessing, which isolates the breast from the image background; histogram equalization to enhance the contrast; watershed transfor...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Santos VT,Schiabel H,Góes CE,Benatti RH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) installations do not yet exist in Sweden, but some hospitals have had experience with limited PACS activities. At present there are four mini PACS installations in radiology departments and about 12 teleradiology systems in use in Sweden. A couple of small Swedi...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Olsson S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional (3D) visualization of dural venous sinuses (DVS) networks is desired by surgical trainers to create a clear mental picture of the neuroanatomical orientation of the complex cerebral anatomy. Our purpose is to document those identified during routine 3D venography created through 3D models using t...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Karakas AB,Govsa F,Ozer MA,Eraslan C

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under typical dark chest radiography reading room conditions, a radiologist's pupils contract and dilate as their visual focus intermittently shifts between the high luminance monitor and the darker background wall, resulting in increased visual fatigue and degradation of diagnostic performance. A controlled increase ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Pollard BJ,Samei E,Chawla AS,Beam C,Heyneman LE,Koweek LM,Martinez-Jimenez S,Washington L,Hashimoto N,McAdams HP

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thousands of "pearls" or facts related to radiology or imaging are accessible through a categorically organized user interface. Pearls are divided up into anatomical regions, as well as non-organ-specific categories. Information is easily accessible with an ad-free interface matched with full offline capability. User ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Buro J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contacting clinicians to convey critical results is a critical part of radiology workflow, but many obstacles prevent easy and timely communication. Integration of radiology applications and workflow with an EHR-based patient coverage database demonstrated subjective and objective improvement in radiologist workflow a...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Filice R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emission tomographic image reconstruction is an ill-posed problem due to limited and noisy data and various image-degrading effects affecting the data and leads to noisy reconstructions. Explicit regularization, through iterative reconstruction methods, is considered better to compensate for reconstruction-based noise...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Ahmad M,Shahzad T,Masood K,Rashid K,Tanveer M,Iqbal R,Hussain N,Shahid A,Fazal-E-Aleem

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing prevalence of digital diagnostic imaging in veterinary medicine with a progressive need to use medical imaging software. As Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)-viewers for veterinary use do not require medical device approval in many countries, freeware viewers might be a practic...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Brühschwein A,Klever J,Hoffmann AS,Huber D,Kaufmann E,Reese S,Meyer-Lindenberg A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical picture archiving and communications systems provide convenient, efficient access to digital medical images from multiple modalities but can prove challenging to deploy, configure and use. MRIdb is a self-contained image database, particularly suited to the storage and management of magnetic resonance imaging...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Woodbridge M,Fagiolo G,O'Regan DP

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, a novel technique is proposed for computer-aided automatic extraction of microcalcifications in a digital mammogram. First, the microcalcifications are detected by morphological filtering, followed by entropy-based thresholding. Next, the microcalcifications are segmented by computing regional watershe...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Bhajammanavar VM,Keong KC,Krishnan SM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enterprise imaging (EI) strategy is an organized plan to optimize the electronic health record (EHR) so that healthcare providers have intuitive and immediate access to all patient clinical images and their associated documentation, regardless of source. We describe ten steps recommended to achieve the goal of impl...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Primo H,Bishop M,Lannum L,Cram D,Nader A,Boodoo R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to retrospectively investigate whether using the newly developed algorithms would improve radiologists' accuracy for discriminating malignant masses from benign ones on ultrasonographic (US) images. Five radiologists blinded to the histological results and clinical history independently ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Wang Y,Wang H,Guo Y,Ning C,Liu B,Cheng HD,Tian J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers, and early detection can improve survival rates. In the recent years, low-dose CT has been widely used to detect lung cancer. However, the diagnosis is limited by the subjective experience of doctors. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to use convolut...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Zhao J,Zhang C,Li D,Niu J

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of two medical-grade, self-calibrating, gray scale displays were compared with regard to impact on sensitivity and specificity for the detection of interstitial lung disease (ILD) on computed radiographs (CR). The displays were a 5-megapixel (MP) cathode ray tube (CRT) device and a 3-MP liquid crystal dis...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Langer S,Bartholmai B,Fetterly K,Harmsen S,Ryan W,Erickson B,Andriole K,Carrino J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical imaging using near-infrared light is used for noninvasive probing of tissues to recover vascular and molecular status of healthy and diseased tissues using hemoglobin contrast arising due to absorption of light. While multimodality optical techniques exist, visualization techniques in this area are limited. Ad...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Taka SJ,Srinivasan S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00