MITIS: A WWW-based medical system for managing and processing gynecological-obstetrical-radiological data

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-71

  Matsopoulos, George K ^a   Kouloulias, Vassilis ^a,b   Asvestas, Pantelis ^a   Mouravliansky, Nikolaos ^a   Delibasis, Kostantinos ^a   Demetriades, Damianos ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Software Development Company   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classification; DICOM; Gynecology; Internet based systems; ISAPI; Registration; Segmentation; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; GYNECOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNET; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MAMMOGRAPHY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OBSTETRICS; RADIOLOGY; SERVERS;

IMAGE PROCESSING TOOLS; MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; PICTURE ARCHIVAL AND COMMUNICATION SERVER (PACS) SYSTEMS; RADIOLOGICAL MEDICAL DATA;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RECORDING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATABASES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTEGRATED ADVANCED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTERNET; IONS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSTETRICS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 4143134280     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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