Open AccessMedical imagery heads for the stars
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2007.48304_4.x
Subject(s) - viewpoints , software , variety (cybernetics) , stars , medical imaging , medical software , astronomy , computer science , computer graphics (images) , remote sensing , software system , physics , artificial intelligence , geology , software construction , acoustics , programming language
Software of the type used to give 3‐D images of the human body is finding a place in astronomical research, showing complex astronomical structures clearly and from a variety of viewpoints. The AstroMed collaboration at Harvard has brought together astronomers, medical imaging specialists and software engineers to adapt medical imaging software for astronomical data.