An MR workstation for quantitative analysis of cardiac images

Author

Andrews, Lee T. ; Tam, Paul T. ; Leighton, Richard F. ; Williams, Gareth ; Potvin, William J. ; Brinker, Raymond A. ; Klingler, Joseph W.

Author_Institution

Med. Coll. of Ohio, Toledo, OH, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

25-28 Sep 1988

Firstpage

445

Lastpage

448

Abstract

A workstation has been developed to analyze magnetic resonance (MR) images of the heart. The system can be used to measure wall thickness, wall motion, and global and regional ejection fractions quantitatively and compare the results to anatomical templates for normal subjects. The application is written in Smalltalk-80 and runs on an Apple Macintosh II. Smalltalk is an object-oriented language and provides a prototyping environment for the development of medical systems. The workstation provides an easy-to-use interface and can display images without the need for additional hardware. The workstation is connected to the campus network, which allows the transfer of MR images to the workstation. This allows physicians to review images and analyze cardiac function from their remotely located offices

Keywords

biomedical NMR; cardiology; medical diagnostic computing; workstations; Apple Macintosh II; Smalltalk-80; anatomical templates; campus network; magnetic resonance images; medical diagnostic images; object-oriented language; prototyping environment; remotely located offices; Biomedical imaging; Displays; Heart; Image analysis; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic resonance; Motion measurement; Prototypes; Thickness measurement; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology, 1988. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1949-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1988.72656

Filename

72656