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.

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Pictorial Information Systems in Medicine held in Braunlage/FRG, August 27 - September 7, 1984

Inhalt
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.