Title :
Visualisation of medical infrared image databases
Author :
Schaefer, Gerald ; Zhu, Shao Ying ; Ruszala, Simon
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Informatics, Nottingham Trent Univ.
Abstract :
We introduce a method for visualising and navigating through a collection of medical infrared images. Multidimensional scaling is used to provide an overall picture of a given image database by projecting all images on a plane and arranging them so that images that are visually similar are placed close to each other. Navigation through the image set can then be performed by zooming into an area of interest which could correspond to images describing similar symptoms. Experimental results are provided on an image database of 200+ thermal images
Keywords :
PACS; biomedical optical imaging; infrared imaging; medical infrared image databases; multidimensional scaling; thermal images; visualisation; Biomedical imaging; Cameras; Humans; Image databases; Infrared imaging; Medical diagnostic imaging; Multidimensional systems; Navigation; Temperature distribution; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616493
