The medical image display and analysis group at the University of North Carolina: Reminiscences and philosophy

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-10

  Pizer, S M ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY; NEURORADIOLOGY; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0037255893     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2003.809707     Document Type: Editorial

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