Open AccessDesign of a medical image processing software for clinical-PACS
Author(s) -
Sun Kook Yoo,
Kwang Min Kim,
Nam Hyun Kim,
Jae Man Huh,
Byung Chul Chang,
Bum Koo Cho
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
yonsei medical journal/yonsei medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1976-2437
pISSN - 0513-5796
DOI - 10.3349/ymj.1997.38.4.193
Subject(s) - workstation , dicom , computer science , modular design , software , picture archiving and communication system , interface (matter) , user interface , image retrieval , medical imaging , software design , annotation , computer graphics (images) , computer hardware , multimedia , image (mathematics) , computer vision , software development , artificial intelligence , operating system , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
Software modules for interactive display, manipulation and retrieval of medical images have been designed for a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS). The target of these modules is not for a high-end diagnostic workstation for radiologists, but for a PC-based low cost clinical workstation for a referring physician. This software is constructed based on a concept of an object-oriented language which is designed to be modular and expandable. It consists of several functional modules: (a) a communication module for image retrieval, (b) a standard module for the interpretation of the DICOM images, (c) a user interface module for the non-computer oriented clinicians and (d) a tool module for viewing and manipulating images as well as editing the annotation.