Simulation of disaster recovery of a picture archiving and communications system using off-site hierarchal storage management.

abstract：:This paper describes a prototype viewing station for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) that combines a low cost with a fast response for the primary viewing tasks. A single monitor is used together with the possibility to switch to another image on the same screen instantaneously. To reduce the time for image retrieval an...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Bellon E,Houtput W,Bijnens B,Suetens P,Marchal G,Lauwers P

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone density measurement by quantitative computed tomography (QCT) commonly uses an external reference phantom to decrease scan-to-scan and scanner-to-scanner variability. However, the peripheral location of these phantoms and other phantom variables is also responsible for a measurable degradation in accuracy and pre...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Boden SD,Goodenough DJ,Stockham CD,Jacobs E,Dina T,Allman RM

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the viability of statistical relational machine learning algorithms for the task of identifying malignancy of renal masses using radiomics-based imaging features. Features characterizing the texture, signal intensity, and other relevant metrics of the renal mass were extracted from multiphase contrast-e...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Kunapuli G,Varghese BA,Ganapathy P,Desai B,Cen S,Aron M,Gill I,Duddalwar V

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fuhrman nuclear grade is a recognized prognostic factor for patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC) and its pre-treatment evaluation significantly affects decision-making in terms of management. In this study, we aimed to assess the feasibility of a combined approach of radiomics and machine learning...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Stanzione A,Ricciardi C,Cuocolo R,Romeo V,Petrone J,Sarnataro M,Mainenti PP,Improta G,De Rosa F,Insabato L,Brunetti A,Maurea S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we describe the development and validation of an automatic algorithm to segment brain from extracranial tissues, and to classify intracranial tissues as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), gray matter (GM), white matter (WM) or pathology. T1 weighted spin echo, dual echo fast spin echo (T2 weighted and proton ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Erickson BJ,Avula RT

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine whether facial photographs obtained simultaneously with radiographs improve radiologists' detection rate of wrong-patient errors, when they are explicitly asked to include the photographs in their evaluation. Radiograph-photograph combinations were obtained from 28 patients at the...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Tridandapani S,Olsen K,Bhatti P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital modalities such as CT, MRI, Ultrasound and Computerized Radiography systems, generating softcopy images to be used by a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), need to identify the images properly in order to retrieve and manage them. In many cases, a technologist re-enters patient demographic and s...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Oosterwijk H

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable debate within the medical community has focused on the optimal location of information technology (IT) support groups on the organizational chart. The challenge has been to marry local accountability and physician acceptance of IT with the benefits gained by the economies of scale achieved by centralized ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Channin DS,Bowers G,Nagy P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we propose a new method for stitching multiple fluoroscopic images taken by a C-arm instrument. We employ an X-ray radiolucent ruler with numbered graduations while acquiring the images, and the image stitching is based on detecting and matching ruler parts in the images to the corresponding parts of a ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Chen C,Kojcev R,Haschtmann D,Fekete T,Nolte L,Zheng G

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the clinical value of computed tomography (CT) image-based texture analysis in predicting microvascular invasion of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). CT images of patients with HCC from May 2017 to May 2019 confirmed by surgery and histopathology were retrospectively ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Li Y,Xu X,Weng S,Yan C,Chen J,Ye R

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:While occupational stress and fatigue have been well described throughout medicine, the radiology community is particularly susceptible due to declining reimbursements, heightened demands for service deliverables, and increasing exam volume and complexity. The resulting occupational stress can be variable in nature an...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Reiner BI

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though facilities using computed radiography (CR) operate in an electronic environment, the production of hard-copy films is still necessary during the transition period, as well as for particular needs following complete implementation. We have implemented a quantitative technique to match the response of printe...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Hildestad CA,Morin RL

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:To illustrate the availability, effectiveness, and practical use of Open-Source tools in developing a radiology paper from its beginning to its presentation and publication. Practical use of a complete set of Open-Source applications for writing, e-mail corresponding, slide show, image retrieval, and manipulation is s...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Faccioli N,Perandini S,Barillari M,D'Onofrio M,Mucelli RP

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The drawbacks of adaptive histogram equalization techniques are the loss of definition on the edges of the object and overenhancement of noise in the images. These drawbacks can be avoided if the noise is excluded in the equalization transformation function computation. A method has been developed to separate the hist...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Chuang KS,Chen S,Hwang IM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, many hospitals have a running enterprise picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and their administrators should have the tools to measure the system activity and, in particular, how much it is used. The information would be valuable for decision-makers to address asset management and the development ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Calabrese R,Beltrame M,Accardo A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A traditional radiological workflow is compared with one based on radiology information system/picture archiving and communication system (RIS/PACS). X-ray workflow process was considered in both radiology departments. First, the study identified the main phases of the research work as follows: Process Analysis, Data ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Mariani C,Tronchi A,Oncini L,Pirani O,Murri R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusion of CT and MR images allows simultaneous visualization of details of bony anatomy provided by CT image and details of soft tissue anatomy provided by MR image. This helps the radiologist for the precise diagnosis of disease and for more effective interventional treatment procedures. This paper aims at designing ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Ganasala P,Kumar V

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical images produced by x-ray detectors, computed tomography (CT) scanners, and other modalities typically contain between 12-16 bits/pixel, which corresponds to 4,096-65,536 shades of gray. On the other hand, we see that these images are visualized by means of medical displays that have much lower available number...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Kimpe T,Tuytschaever T

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:There is continual pressure on the radiology department to increase its productivity. Two important links to productivity in the computed/digital radiography (CR/DR) workflow chain are the postprocessing step by technologists and the primary diagnosis step by radiologists, who may apply additional image enhancements t...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Thomas MA,Rowberg AH,Langer SG,Kim Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recognizability of facial images extracted from publically available medical scans raises patient privacy concerns. This study examined how accurately facial images extracted from computed tomography (CT) scans are objectively matched with corresponding photographs of the scanned individuals. The test subjects wer...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Parks CL,Monson KL

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone age assessment (BAA) is a commonly performed diagnostic study in pediatric radiology to assess skeletal maturity. The most commonly utilized method for assessment of BAA is the Greulich and Pyle method (Pediatr Radiol 46.9:1269-1274, 2016; Arch Dis Child 81.2:172-173, 1999) atlas. The evaluation of BAA can be a t...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Mutasa S,Chang PD,Ruzal-Shapiro C,Ayyala R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to assess whether radiologists' search paths for lung nodule detection in chest computed tomography (CT) between different rendering and display schemes have reliable properties that can be exploited as an indicator of ergonomic efficiency for the purpose of comparing different display parad...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Wang XH,Durick JE,Lu A,Herbert DL,Golla SK,Foley K,Piracha CS,Shinde DD,Shindel BE,Fuhrman CR,Britton CA,Strollo DC,Shang SS,Lacomis JM,Good WF

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In today's radiology workflow, free-text reporting is established as the most common medium to capture, store, and communicate clinical information. Radiologists routinely refer to prior radiology reports of a patient to recall critical information for new diagnosis, which is quite tedious, time consuming, and prone t...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Tahmasebi AM,Zhu H,Mankovich G,Prinsen P,Klassen P,Pilato S,van Ommering R,Patel P,Gunn ML,Chang P

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fiber tracking allows the in vivo reconstruction of human brain white matter fiber trajectories based on magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (MR-DTI), but its application in the clinical routine is still in its infancy. In this study, we present a new software for fiber tracking, developed on top of a general-...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Dellani PR,Glaser M,Wille PR,Vucurevic G,Stadie A,Bauermann T,Tropine A,Perneczky A,von Wangenheim A,Stoeter P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the second article of our series for radiologists and imaging scientists on displaying, manipulating, and analyzing radiologic images on personal computers (PCs). The first article discussed the digital image data file, standard PC graphic file formats, and various methods for importing radiologic images into ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Gillespy T 3rd,Rowberg AH

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:To evaluate the feasibility of an iPad-based documented patient briefing for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) examinations. A standard briefing sheet and questionnaire for a MRI scan was converted from paper form into an iPad application. Twenty patients, who had been referred for an MRI scan, were briefed about the e...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Schlechtweg PM,Hammon M,Heberlein C,Giese D,Uder M,Schwab SA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00