Image processing in medicine

William J. Dallas; Hans Roehrig

doi:10.1117/12.450794

19 December 2001 Image processing in medicine

William J. Dallas, Hans Roehrig

Proceedings Volume 4508, Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications III; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450794
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This article is divided into two parts: the first is an opinion, the second is a description. The opinion is that diagnostic medical imaging is not a detection problem. The description is of a specific medical image-processing program. Why the opinion? If medical imaging were a detection problem, then image processing would unimportant. However, image processing is crucial. We illustrate this fact using three examples ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and, most poignantly, computed radiography. Although the examples are anecdotal they are illustrative. The description is of the image-processing program ImprocRAD written by one of the authors (Dallas). First we will discuss the motivation for creating yet another image processing program including system characterization which is an area of expertise of one of the authors (Roehrig). We will then look at the structure of the program and finally, to the point, the specific application: mammographic diagnostic reading. We will mention rapid display of mammogram image sets and then discuss processing. In that context, we describe a real-time image-processing tool we term the MammoGlass.

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William J. Dallas and Hans Roehrig "Image processing in medicine", Proc. SPIE 4508, Penetrating Radiation Systems and Applications III, (19 December 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450794

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