Medical Images: Formation, Handling and Evaluation

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Medical imaging is a very important area in diagnostic (and increasingly

therapeutic) medicine. Many new techniques are being developed or extended which depend on digital methods. Although conventional x-radiographs still comprise the bulk of the medical images acquired in a hospital,

digital methods such as computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are now often claimed to have a more significant clinical

impact. This book is concerned with three aspects of such

digital images: their formation, or how they can be acquired;

their handling, or how they may be manipulated to increase

their clinical value; and their evaluation, or how their impact and

value may be assessed. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1

comprises a series of reviews in the general subject area written

by authorities in the field. Part 2 includes papers on theoretical

aspects: 3D images, reconstruction, perception, and image processing. Part 3includes papers on applications in nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance, andradiology.