Open AccessImproving the interactivity and functionality of Web-based radiology teaching files with the Java programming language.
Author(s) -
John Eng
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
radiographics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.866
H-Index - 172
eISSN - 1527-1323
pISSN - 0271-5333
DOI - 10.1148/radiographics.17.6.9397464
Subject(s) - computer science , java , world wide web , web page , java api for xml based rpc , dicom , real time java , web api , interactivity , java applet , java annotation , application programming interface , web development , programming language , artificial intelligence
Java is a programming language that runs on a "virtual machine" built into World Wide Web (WWW)-browsing programs on multiple hardware platforms. Web pages were developed with Java to enable Web-browsing programs to overlay transparent graphics and text on displayed images so that the user could control the display of labels and annotations on the images, a key feature not available with standard Web pages. This feature was extended to include the presentation of normal radiologic anatomy. Java programming was also used to make Web browsers compatible with the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) file format. By enhancing the functionality of Web pages, Java technology should provide greater incentive for using a Web-based approach in the development of radiology teaching material.