Developments and coupling between medical imaging diagnostic systems and image processing functions

Abstract

Image data produced by Medical Imaging Systems (modalities) during patient examinations are stored/retrieved to/from the common Data Bases by means of PACS for real time and post image analysis and processing. Physicians handle the patient data using Medical Workstation by employing special displaying and processing techniques. The present paper investigates, studies and analyzes a number of modalities in order to implement a sophisticated and flexible library of special purpose operators. Also, it contains modules for low-level and high-level image processing operations.