Automatically correlating clinical findings and body locations in radiology reports using MedLEE.

abstract：:The study investigates the effect of a substantial dose reduction on the variability of lung nodule volume measurements by assessing and comparing nodule volumes using a dedicated semiautomated segmentation software on ultralow-dose computed tomography (ULD-CT) and standard-dose computed tomography (SD-CT) data. In 20...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Hein PA,Romano VC,Rogalla P,Klessen C,Lembcke A,Bornemann L,Dicken V,Hamm B,Bauknecht HC

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To solve the problems of image displays in filmless radiology conferences for the purpose of teaching, we made an experimental design of a conference system with dual 50-in. plasma monitors for displaying larger images and a shared folder containing shortcuts to images for quick display during conferences on the deskt...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Abe K,Narata M,Tanaka I,Takahashi M,Igarashi A,Sasaki T,Matsuyama K,Tohi N,Kosuda S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This manuscript reviews Touch Surgery, a novel online platform geared towards innovating professional training for surgical procedures. In other industries, such as aviation, simulation has already been shown to reduce costs and improve outcomes in crisis (JETS 3(4):348-352, 2010). Studies involving simulation-based l...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Mandler AG

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:This article describes the design and implementation of a low-cost image archival and management solution on a radiology network consisting of UNIX, IBM personal computer-compatible (IBM, Purchase, NY) and Macintosh (Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA) workstations. The picture archiving and communications system (PACS) is...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Cox RD,Henri CJ,Bret PM

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:Radiology studies are inherently visual and the information contained within is best conveyed by visual methodology. Advanced reporting software allows the incorporation of annotated key images into text reports, but such features may be less effective compared with in-person consultations. The use of web technology a...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Balkman JD,Siegel AH

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Orthopedic trauma care relies on two-dimensional radiograms both before and during the operation. Understanding the three-dimensional nature of complex fractures on plain radiograms is challenging. Modern fluoroscopes can acquire three-dimensional volume datasets even during an operation, but the device limi...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Matthews F,Messmer P,Raikov V,Wanner GA,Jacob AL,Regazzoni P,Egli A

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:The architectural design and construction of a new imaging department is one of the most complex challenges in healthcare architecture. When a client also plans a simultaneous change in basic operating system technology from film-based to filmless imaging, the challenge for both hospital management and the facility/te...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Brye PE,Loharikar R,Duda E

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-standing challenge of content-based image retrieval (CBIR) systems is the definition of a suitable distance function to measure the similarity between images in an application context which complies with the human perception of similarity. In this paper, we present a new family of distance functions, called att...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Felipe JC,Traina C Jr,Traina AJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface morphology and shape in general are important predictors for the behavior of solid-type lung nodules detected on CT. More broadly, shape analysis is useful in many areas of computer-aided diagnosis and essentially all scientific and engineering disciplines. Automated methods for shape detection have all previo...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Stember JN

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As resources in the healthcare environment continue to wane, leaders are seeking ways to continue to provide quality care bounded by the constraints of a reduced budget. This manuscript synthesizes the experience from a number of institutions to provide the healthcare leadership with an understanding of the value of a...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Petersilge CA

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information infrastructures involve the notion of a shared, open infrastructure, constituting a space where people, organizations, and technical components associate to develop an activity. The current infrastructure for medical image sharing, based on PACS/DICOM technologies, does not constitute an information infras...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Motta GHMB,Araújo DAB,Lucena-Neto JR,Azevedo-Marques PM,Cordeiro SS,Araújo-Neto SA

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single standard anteroposterior radiograph-based methods for measuring cup orientation following total hip arthroplasty (THA) are subject to substantial errors if the individual pelvic orientation with respect to X-ray plate is not taken into consideration. Previously, we proposed to use a hybrid 2D-3D registration sc...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Zheng G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent technological innovations have created new opportunities for the increased adoption of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications in medicine. While medical applications of VR have historically seen greater adoption from patient-as-user applications, the new era of VR/AR technology has created...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Sutherland J,Belec J,Sheikh A,Chepelev L,Althobaity W,Chow BJW,Mitsouras D,Christensen A,Rybicki FJ,La Russa DJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Workflow is a widely used term to describe the sequence of steps to accomplish a task. The use of workflow technology in medicine and medical imaging in particular is limited. In this article, we describe the application of a workflow engine to improve workflow in a radiology department. We implemented a DICOM-enabled...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Erickson BJ,Langer SG,Blezek DJ,Ryan WJ,French TL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ontology offers a human-readable and machine-computable representation of the concepts in a domain and the relationships among them. Mappings between ontologies enable the reuse and interoperability of biomedical knowledge. We sought to map concepts of the Radiology Gamuts Ontology (RGO), an ontology that links dis...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Filice RW,Kahn CE Jr

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient data compression is essential for practical daily operation of computed radiography (CR) systems. In this study the clinical applicability of type III irreversible high data compression using an FCR 9501 chest unit (Fuji Photo Film, Tokyo, Japan) was evaluated. Sixty-eight normal and 93 various abnormal case...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Egashira K,Nakata H,Watanabe H,Uchida K,Nakamura K,Ishino Y,Horino K,Yoshikawa R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT) scans usually include some disadvantages due to the nature of the imaging procedure, and these handicaps prevent accurate abdomen segmentation. Discontinuous abdomen edges, bed section of CT, patient information, closeness between the edges of the abdomen and CT, poor contrast, and a narrow hi...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Koyuncu H,Ceylan R,Sivri M,Erdogan H

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of global mortality, yet its early detection remains a vexing problem of modern medicine. Although the computed tomography (CT) calcium score predicts cardiovascular risk, relatively high cost ($250-400) and radiation dose (1-3 mSv) limit its universal utility as a screening...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Mafi JN,Fei B,Roble S,Dota A,Katrapati P,Bezerra HG,Wang H,Wang W,Ciancibello L,Costa M,Simon DI,Orringer CE,Gilkeson RC

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:The purpose of this communication is to report on the testing of the disaster recovery capability of our hierarchical storage management (HSM) system. Disaster recovery implementation is a requirement of every mission-critical information technology project. Picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) certainl...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Avrin DE,Andriole KP,Yin L,Gould R,Arenson RL

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a relatively new imaging modality in the functional neuroimaging research arena. The fNIRS modality non-invasively investigates the change of blood oxygenation level in the human brain utilizing the transillumination technique. In the last two decades, the interest in t...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Rahman MA,Siddik AB,Ghosh TK,Khanam F,Ahmad M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a developmental anomaly in which the normal medullary space of the affected bone is replaced by fibro-osseous tissue. This condition is typically encountered in adolescents and young adults. It affects the maxillofacial region and it can often cause severe deformity and asymmetry. Therefore, ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Cordeiro MS,Backes AR,Júnior AF,Gonçalves EH,de Oliveira JX

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we compare five common classifier families in their ability to categorize six lung tissue patterns in high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images of patients affected with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) and with healthy tissue. The evaluated classifiers are naive Bayes, k-nearest neighbor, J48 d...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Depeursinge A,Iavindrasana J,Hidki A,Cohen G,Geissbuhler A,Platon A,Poletti PA,Müller H

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have addressed the implications of filmless radiologic imaging on telemedicine, diagnostic ability, and electronic teaching files. However, many publishers still require authors to submit hard-copy images for publication of articles and textbooks. This study compares the quality digital images directly...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Christian ME,Davidson HC,Wiggins RH 3rd,Berges G,Cannon G,Jackson G,Chapman B,Harnsberger HR

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：: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