Abstract :
Various types of equipment and associated software for medical imaging offer integrated functionality for the acquisition, processing, storage and retrieval, presentation, analysis, and hard-copy of images which have been recorded from the inside of the human body. Such images may be used, for example, to diagnose illnesses, to provide guidance during interventions, to plan and execute surgery, and to plan and execute radiation treatment. The all-encompassing goal of the application of these systems is the improvement of the quality and efficiency of health care. Several ideas are presented for multimedia-like functionality which is regarded as useful to the medical imaging environment
Keywords :
medical image processing; multimedia systems; hard-copy; health care; image acquisition; image analysis; image presentation; image processing; image retrieval; image storage; integrated functionality; interventions; medical diagnosis; medical imaging; multimedia technology; radiation treatment; surgery;
