Extending a teleradiology system by tools for visualization and volumetric analysis through a plug-in mechanism

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 53, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 265-275

  Evers, Harald ^a   Mayer, Achim ^a   Engelmann, Uwe ^a   Schröter, Andre ^a   Baur, Ulrike ^a   Demiris, Athanasios M ^a   Giess, Christoph ^a   Wolsiffer, Kerstin ^b   Meinzer, Hans Peter ^a  

^a Div Med and Biological Informatics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Plug in mechanism; Teleradiology system; Volume visualization; Volumetric analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; RAY TRACING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

TELERADIOLOGY SYSTEMS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE; TELERADIOLOGY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0033083627     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(98)00165-8     Document Type: Article

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