IMIS: A multi-platform software package for telediagnosis and 3D medical image processing

Author

Thiran, Jean-Philippe ; Piscaglia, Bruno ; Piscaglia, Patrick ; Macq, Benoît ; Goudemant, Jean-Francois ; Demeure, Roger

Author_Institution

Lab. de Telecommun. et Teledetection, Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

16-19 Sep 1996

Firstpage

273

Abstract

We present a project developed in our University in order to provide Medical Imaging Departments with efficient software tools for 3D medical image processing and transmission. In this context, the IMIS software package has been developed, combining, in a modular programming strategy, an easily upgradable graphical user interface, using the Tcl/Tk toolkit, with high performance image processing techniques, such as 3D lossless multiresolution image compression for telediagnosis on narrow-band ISDN networks. IMIS is based on a set of tools allowing the handling of 3D medical images such as magnetic resonance images (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and computed tomography (CT) of functional MRI (fMRI)

Keywords

ISDN; biomedical NMR; computerised tomography; data compression; graphical user interfaces; image coding; image resolution; medical image processing; positron emission tomography; software packages; 3D lossless multiresolution image compression; 3D medical image processing; 3D medical image transmission; CT; IMIS software package; MRI; Medical Imaging Departments; PET; Tcl/Tk toolkit; computed tomography; fMRI; functional MRI; graphical user interface; high performance image processing techniques; magnetic resonance images; modular programming strategy; multi-platform software package; narrow band ISDN; positron emission tomography; telediagnosis; Biomedical image processing; Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Graphical user interfaces; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Performance loss; Positron emission tomography; Software packages; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Processing, 1996. Proceedings., International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lausanne

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3259-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIP.1996.560773

Filename

560773