An experimental environment for the production, exchange and discussion of fused radiology images, for the management of patients with residual brain tumour disease

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-146

  Sakellaropoulos, G C ^a   Kagadis, G C ^a   Karystianos, C ^a   Karnabatidis, D ^b   Constantoyannis, C ^b   Nikiforidis, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Groupware; Image registration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GREECE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATIENT CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GLIOMA; GREECE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0141717851     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230310001600461     Document Type: Article

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