DocumentCode :
1378396
Title :
Imaging in medicine-here´s looking in you, kid
Author :
Delaney, Ben
Author_Institution :
The Virtual Reality & Interactive Media Solutions Group, CyberEdge Information Services Inc., Sausalito, CA, USA
Volume :
18
Issue :
3
fYear :
1998
Firstpage :
12
Lastpage :
19
Abstract :
Over the ages, healers have used imagery of many sorts to understand and explain illness and injury. From the deification of the beings associated with various illnesses to the advent of modern computer-aided imagery, healers have wanted to understand and see what is happening inside of their patients´ bodies. I examine the imaging technologies doctors can use now, look at some advances and their applications, and touch on what we can expect the union of computers and imaging technologies to show us in the next few years. Technology such as X-rays, CT scans, PET, MRI and the Medical Imaging Toolkit are considered. Virtual reality medical systems are discussed
Keywords :
computerised tomography; medical image processing; virtual reality; CT scans; MRI; Medical Imaging Toolkit; PET; X-rays; computer-aided imagery; computerised tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; medical imaging technology; patients; positron emission tomography; virtual reality medical systems; Application software; Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Diseases; Fuses; Humans; Medical diagnostic imaging; Optical imaging; Spirals; X-ray imaging;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0272-1716
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/38.674966
Filename :
674966
Link To Document :
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