Automated detection of z-axis coverage with abdomen-pelvis computed tomography examinations.

abstract：:We propose the design of a teaching system named Interpretation and Diagnosis of Mammograms (INDIAM) for training students in the interpretation of mammograms and diagnosis of breast cancer. The proposed system integrates an illustrated tutorial on radiology of the breast, that is, mammography, which uses education te...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Guliato D,Bôaventura RS,Maia MA,Rangayyan RM,Simedo MS,Macedo TA

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Validation of medical signal and image processing systems requires quality-assured, representative and generally acknowledged databases accompanied by appropriate reference (ground truth) and clinical metadata, which are composed laboriously for each project and are not shared with the scientific community. In our vis...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Deserno TM,Welter P,Horsch A

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：: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：:Multimodality medical image fusion plays a vital role in diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up studies of various diseases. It provides a composite image containing critical information of source images required for better localization and definition of different organs and lesions. In the state-of-the-art imag...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Ganasala P,Kumar V

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:In this paper, a simplified yet efficient architecture of a deep convolutional neural network is presented for lung image classification. The images used for classification are computed tomography (CT) scan images obtained from two scientifically used databases available publicly. Six external shape-based features, vi...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Srivastava V,Purwar RK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Architectural distortion is an important sign of breast cancer, but because of its subtlety, it is a common cause of false-negative findings on screening mammograms. This paper presents methods for the detection of architectural distortion in mammograms of interval cancer cases taken prior to the detection of breast c...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Rangayyan RM,Banik S,Desautels JE

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical image segmentation is the crucial process for three-dimensional (3D) modeling. Many studies have claimed to suggest more accurate ways of segmentation. However, such research seems to have the drawback that it works against the parsimony principle. These methods have to resegment the regions of interest (ROIs)...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Lee JW,Lee J,Kim D,Kim JH,Park KS,Kang HS

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New consumer technologies and interoperability standards have dated the first standardized curriculum for imaging informatics fellowships suggested by the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) in 2004 (Journal of digital imaging 17(4):244-248, 2004). Last year, analysis from this institution characteri...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Makeeva V,Vey B,Cook TS,Nagy P,Filice RW,Wang KC,Balthazar P,Harri P,Safdar NM

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:A 10-bit or 12-bit gray scale is provided in commercial laser film digitizers. The true contrast resolution on the digitized image within a laser spot area of 200 microns in diameter is limited by both the quantum mottle and instrumentation noise. In this report, we investigated the mean value, standard deviation, and...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Lo SC,Gaskill JW,Mun SK,Krasner BH

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major problems in treating breast cancer are the early detection of tumors and accurate biopsy of small volumes of breast (mamma) tissue. This report presents an elastic registration algorithm of two x-ray mammograms and a corresponding magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) volume. To cope with the soft tissue deformation ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Ruiter NV,Müller TO,Stotzka R,Kaiser WA

更新日期：2001-06-01 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

abstract：:Some nuclear medicine computer displays, as well as many image processing workstations are "true color" machines characterized by independent memory and grey scale mapping for each of the red, green and blue color channels. Other color image display systems produce a color image from a single grey scale map composed o...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Raff U,Spitzer VM

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel medical image quality index using grey relational coefficient calculation is proposed in this study. Three medical modalities, DR, CT and MRI, using 30 or 60 images with a total of 120 images used for experimentation. These images were first compressed at ten different compression ratios (10 ∼ 100) using a med...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Lin SC,Lin YC,Feng WS,Wu JM,Chen TJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the introduction of direct digital radiography into clinical practice, there are opportunities to provide faster and more reliable ways of performing traditional radiological tasks. A technique was developed for evaluating and measuring scoliosis, which involves the computerized stitching of a radiograph of the t...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Berliner L,Kreang-Arekul S,Kaufman L

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the scan patterns radiologists use to view medical images is critical to the design of image viewing devices. In this study, an eyetracker, a device for recording eye and head movement, was used to determine the scan patterns during the interpretation of single and multiple computed tomographic (CT) exam...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Beard DV,Johnston RE,Toki O,Wilcox C

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As hospitals convert from conventional film-based imaging to picture archival and communications systems (PACS), methods for managing an enormous library of images must change considerably. While most hospitals are required to retain general, nonmammographic, radiologic images for 7 years beyond the examination date, ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Blado ME

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:A teleradiology system acquires radiographic images from one location and transmits them to one or more distant sites where they are displayed and/or converted to hard-copy film recordings. The long-term goal of teleradiology research is to show that teleradiology systems can provide diagnostically equivalent results ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Stewart BK,Dwyer SJ 3rd,Kangarloo H

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Content-based medical image retrieval (CBMIR) is a powerful resource to improve differential computer-aided diagnosis. The major problem with CBMIR applications is the semantic gap, a situation in which the system does not follow the users' sense of similarity. This gap can be bridged by the adequate modeling of simil...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Bedo MV,Pereira Dos Santos D,Ponciano-Silva M,de Azevedo-Marques PM,Ferreira de Carvalho AP,Traina C Jr

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammographic breast density has been established as an independent risk marker for developing breast cancer. Breast density assessment is a routine clinical need in breast cancer screening and current standard is using the Breast Imaging and Reporting Data System (BI-RADS) criteria including four qualitative categorie...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Mohamed AA,Luo Y,Peng H,Jankowitz RC,Wu S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometric analysis of nuclei is crucial in cytological examinations. Unfortunately, nuclei segmentation presents many challenges because they usually create complex clusters in cytological samples. To deal with this problem, we are proposing an approach, which combines convolutional neural network and watershed tra...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Kowal M,Żejmo M,Skobel M,Korbicz J,Monczak R

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:We introduce the concept, benefits, and general architecture for acquiring, storing, and displaying digital photographs along with medical imaging examinations. We also discuss a specific implementation built around an Android-based system for simultaneously acquiring digital photographs along with portable radiograph...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Ramamurthy S,Bhatti P,Arepalli CD,Salama M,Provenzale JM,Tridandapani S

更新日期：2013-10-01 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