Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA
Abstract :
A tutorial is presented on the applications of signal and image processing to medicine that covers both one- and multidimensional signals, such as EEG, ECG, IR, ultrasound signals, etc., and two- and three-dimensional images, such as CAT scanners, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound images, holographic images, etc. The analysis problems covered range from the inverse scattering problem through signal/image enhancement in noise and filtering, parameter identification, pattern discrimination and recognition, coding, and data reduction to visualization and 3-D manipulation
Keywords :
biomedical NMR; biomedical ultrasonics; diagnostic radiography; electrocardiography; electroencephalography; holography; pattern recognition; picture processing; signal processing; 1D signals; 2D images; 3D manipulation; CAT scanners; ECG; EEG; IR; MRI magnetic resonance imaging; coding; data reduction; filtering; holographic images; image processing; inverse scattering problem; medicine; multidimensional signals; noise; parameter identification; pattern discrimination; pattern recognition; signal processing; signal/image enhancement; three-dimensional images; ultrasound images; ultrasound signals; visualization; Biomedical imaging; Electrocardiography; Electroencephalography; Holography; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multidimensional signal processing; Signal processing; Ultrasonic imaging; X-ray tomography;