Pictorial Information Systems in Medicine, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986 NATO ASI Subseries F: Series, Vol. 19

This volume contains the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Pictorial Information Systems in Medicine" held August 27-September 7, 1984 in Hotel Maritim, Braunlage/Harz, Federal Republic of Germany. The program committee of the institute consisted of KH Hohne (Director), G. T Herman, G. S. Lodwick, and D. Meyer-Ebrecht. The organization was in the hands of Klaus Assmann and Fritz Bocker In the last decade medical imaging has undergone a rapid development New imaging modalities such as Computer Tomography (CT), Digital Angiography (DSA) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) were developed using the capabilities of modern computers. In a modern hospital these technologies produce already more then 25% of image data in digital form. This format lends itself to the design of computer assisted Information systems Integrating data acquisition, presentation, communi­ cation and archiving for all modalities and users within a department or even a hospital. Advantages such as rapid access to any archived Image, synoptic presentation, computer assisted image analysis to name only a few, are expected. The design of such pictorial information systems, however, often called PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) In the medical community is a non-trivial task involving know-how from many disciplines such as - Medicine (especially Radiology), - Data Base Technology, - Computer Graphics, - Man Machine Interaction, - Hardware Technology and others. Most of these disCiplines are represented by disjunct scientific communities.

Long Papers.- Radiological Background.- Pictorial Information Systems and Radiology Improving the Quality of Communications.- Image Acquisition Devices and Their Application to Diagnostic Medicine.- Information System Aspects.- Integrated Hospital Information Systems.- On the Architecture for Pictorial Information Systems.- Aspects of Image Presentation.- Three-Dimensional Computer Graphic Display in Medicine: The MIPG Perspective.- Psychovisual Issues in the Display of Medical Images.- Systems for 3D Display in Medical Imaging.- Computer Science Tools.- Issues in the Design of Human-Computer Interfaces.- Programming Support for Data-Intensive Applications.- Knowledge-Based and Expert Systems: Representation and Use of Knowledge.- Software Tools for the Development of Pictorial Information Systems in Medicine - The ISQL Experience -.- First Experiences.- Experience with a Prototype PACS System in a Clinical Environment.- Short Papers.- Radiological Aspects.- Recent Developments in Digital Radiology.- The Future of Digital Computers in Medical Imaging.- System Design.- Looking Back at PACS Attempts - What has Happened Since PACS I.- Design Considerations for Multi- Modality Medical Image Workstations.- Medical Work Stations in Radiology.- The Dimi System Philosophy and State of Development.- Image Presentation.- Interactive Display of 3D Medical Objects.- Presentation and Perception of 3D Images.- Experiments with Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Ventriculograms using automatic contour detection.- Systematic Use of Colour in Biomedical Data Display.- Diverse Applications.- 3D Model of Vertebra for Spinal Surgery.- Correlation Between CT, NMR and PT. Findings in the Brain.- Digital Imaging for Planning of Radiation Therapy — Practical Considerations.- Author Index.