An automated DICOM database capable of arbitrary data mining (Including Radiation Dose Indicators) for quality monitoring

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-233

  Wang, Shanshan ^a   Pavlicek, William ^b   Roberts, Catherine C ^b   Langer, Steve G ^c   Zhang, Muhong ^a   Hu, Mengqi ^a   Morin, Richard L ^d   Schueler, Beth A ^c   Wellnitz, Clinton V ^b   Wu, Teresa ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Data extraction; Database management systems; Knowledge base; Medical informatics applications; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

DATA EXTRACTION; DATA-BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; RADIATION DOSE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA MINING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DOSIMETRY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DATA MINING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD;

DATA MINING; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960082208     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-010-9329-y     Document Type: Article

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