CAR’89 Computer Assisted Radiology / Computergestützte Radiologie, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989 Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium / Vorträge des 3. Internationalen Symposiums

The international symposium CAR '89 (the third in a row), held in Berlin in June 1989, was again focused on the fundamental principles of applying Computer Assisted Radiology (CAR) in health care. The book contains all the presentations of the symposium and this provides an up-to-date, complete state-of-the-art-report of this interdisciplinary subject, in which physicians, engineers, physicists and computer scientists cooperate.

Three-Dimensional Surface Rendering and Volumetric Rendering in Avascular Osteonecrosis of the HIP.- Early MR Demonstration of Spinal Secondaries in Patients with Normal Radiographs, CT and Bone Scan.- Comparison of Magnitude and Phase as Observation Techniques in Susceptibility and Perfusion Imaging of the Brain.- Clinical Studies of Head and Neck Tumors by 31p-Spectroscopy.- Magnetic Susceptibility Effect of Trabecular Bone: Impact on Bone Marrow Imaging.- A New Filtering Algorithm for Signal to Noise Ratio Improvement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- MRI 3D Imaging of the Knee Joint Combined with an Image Processing System.- A New Hybrid Method for Analysis of Multiexponential T2 Relaxation Processes in NMR Images.- A New Segmentation Algorithm for Knowledge Acquisition in Tissue Characterizing NMR-Imaging.- Cardiovascular Cine MRI.- Multiplanar and Curved-surface Imaging from Volumetrically-acquired MR Data.- First Steps to Quality Assurance for MRI.- 3-D Imaging in the Post Surgical “Failed Back” Syndrome.- 3-D CT for Routine Examinations of the Base of the Skull.- 3-D-Imaging: A Computing Programme for the Future?.- New Algorithm for Metal Artefact Reduction (MAR) in Computed Tomography: Phantom Studies.- Classification of Brain Tumours by CT-Image Walsh Spectra.- Diagnostic Evaluation of Three-Dimensional CT Reconstruction Methods.- Computer Assisted Techniques for Extracting Quantitative Cardiovascular Data from Ultrafast CT Images.- Transesophageal Echo Computer Tomography (»Echo-CT«): A New Method for Dynamic 3-D Imaging of the Heart.- Digital Image Intensifier Radiography and Film Screen Systems: Spatial Resolution, Contrast Detail Diagrams, Dose Measurements and Detectability of Pulmonary Nodules.- Digital Skeletal Radiography with a High Resolution Image Intensifier System.- Detectability Evaluation of a Photostimulable Phosphor Digital Radiographic System.- Barium Enema Carried out by Computed Radiography and Conventional Screen-film Systems.- Detection of Pulmonary Nodules — A Comparative Study of Low-Dose Digital Luminescent Radiography (DLR) and Conventional Chest Film.- Digital Image Intensifier Radiography in Chest Radiology.- Digital Multilayer Tomography.- Computed Radiography: Value of Digital Image Processing in Motion Tomography.- Restoration of Digital Radiographic Images by Using Two-Dimensional Antimetric Wave Digital Filters.- Digital Images of Treatment Ports Acquired with Storage Phosphors: Comparison with Conventional Film Technique in a Phantom Model.- Noise-Reduction Algorithm for Dual Energy Radiography.- Merit Figures for Image Quality Evaluation in a Digital Radiography System and Correlation with Clinical Examination.- Automatic Detection of Clusters of Calcifications in Digital Mammograms.- A Step Towards PACS: The DS 1000 in Traumatology.- Studies on Pulmonary Ventilation Using Digital Subtraction Radiography: A Comparison With Ventilation Perfusion scintigraphy.- Limitations to Quantification of DSA Images.- Improvement of Pulmonary DSA by Measurement of Regional Lung Perfusion.- Improvement of Digital Subtraction Angiography Image Quality: High Resolution Processing Coupled with a Real Time Synchronisation Procedure.- The Improvement of Vessel Quantification with Image Processing Equipment for High Resolution Digital Angiography.- Color-Coded Duplex Sonography: Is This New Method Capable of Replacing More Expensive or Invasive Examinations?.- Measurements of Soft Tissue Deformation Using Echographic Speckle Tracking.- 3D Sonographic Reconstruction of Neonatal and Infant HIP.- Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization of Breast Masses Using a Diagnostic Expert System.- Verification of Electron Beam Therapy with Conventional and Storage Phosphor Images.- Presentation and Evaluation of 3D Dose Distributions in Radiotherapy Planning.- First Clinical Experience with A Digital Imaging Device for Radiotherapy Dosimetry and Localisation of Treatment Fields.- Radiation Damage to Vessels Monitored by Tumorfluoroscopy.- Computer Based Workstations in Radiation Oncology.- Improved Brachy-Curietherapy Planning for Brain Tumors Based on a Combination of CT and MRI Parameters.- Computer Assisted Neurology.- Automated Identification of Neuroanatomical Structures in CT- and MR-Images.- The Paradigm of Computer Assisted Radiology and Computer Assisted Neurology.- Scopes of Computer Application in Stereotactic Neurosurgery.- Significance of CAR in Pre-, Peri and Postoperative Diagnosis.- Overview of Coronary Quantitation Techniques.- A Pyramidal Approach to Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of a Vascular System from Two Projections.- A Knowledge-Based System for the Labeling of the Coronary Arteries.- Assessment and Analysis of Regional Epicardial Motion from Coronary Cineangiograms.- Slice-Wise Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Myocardial Contrast Perfusion from Simulated Biplane Views.- Joint Fluid Quantification Using 3-D Processing of MRI Data.- CAD/CAM/CAO in Total Hip Replacement.- Three-Dimensional Display of Mathematically Disarticulated Objects.- Measurement for the Exact Description of Traumatic Deformities of Individual Vertebrae or Motion Segments of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine as Basis for a Computer-Assisted Evaluation of X-Rays.- Three-Dimensional Quantification of Established Femoral Head Necrosis.- CAPS — Computer Assisted Prostheses Selection.- Simulation of Osteotomy Surgery about the Hip Joint.- Value of Disarticulation of the Mandible in 3-D Imaging.- Surface Registration for the Segmentation of Implanted Bone Grafts.- A Prototype Medical Workstation for Computer Assisted Stereotactic Neurosurgery.- 3D-Based Computer Assisted Manufacturing of Individual Alloplastic Implants for Cranial and Maxillofacial Osteoplasties.- 3D-CT in Facial Fractures: An Assessment Based on 100 Cases.- Craniofacial Surgery Planning and Simulation; Current Progress and Problem Areas.- A 3-D Surgical Planning System and its Clinical Applications.- Computer-Aided Interactive Surgical Simulation System — Its Clinical Application.- CAS — Computer Assisted Surgery — An Innovative Surgical Technique in Clinical Routine.- Computer Assisted Driving of a Needle into the Brain.- Computer Assisted Diagnosis of Brain Tumours in CT-Scan Imaging.- The Design of Acceptable Computer Aids for Radiology.- Computer Characterization of Trabecular Bone Pattern.- Artificial Intelligence in Chest Radiology: Computer-Aided Detection and Quantitation of Disease.- Computer Assisted Diagnosis of Bone Tumors.- SIRES: An Expert System for Strokes.- Odile: An Analytic Approach to Automated Interpretation of CAT-Scan Images of the Cervical Spine.- Computer Assisted Evaluation of Bone Scintigrams.- Storage, Retrieve! and Transmission of Diagnostic Quality Digital Images.- PACS and Medical Selection Imaging.- SIRENE: Design and Evaluation of a PACS Prototype.- PACS in Practice: From Software Link to On-Line Communications.- Review of Experience with PACS Cost Analysis Model.- Functional Integration of a Radiological Department: A Pilot Project.- A High Resolution CCD Scanner for X-Ray Films.- Evaluation of Diagnostic Image Quality Using the FEASIBLE Software Package.- Methods for a Cost-Benefit Analysis of PACS.- PACS Design Issues: Modelling and Simulation.- An Experimental Evaluation of the Impact of a PAC System on the Operations of a Radiology Department.- PACS for Radiotherapy.- What are the ACR/NEMA Standard and the SPI Specification?.- Concept of an Open Communication System for Distributed Image Processing.- PACS, Step by Step.- “Personal-PACS: its Effects on Imaging People and Machinery” or “PACS is worthwhile, but what if you haven’t got it?”.- Siemens PACS Installations — Practical Experience.- Low Cost Workstation for Medical Image Processing.- High Speed Networks for PACS-Introduction and Comparison.- Design for a High-Tech Imaging Center.- Developing an Effective Optical Archive for Medical Images.- PACS — RIS — HIS The Demand for Communication Management.- CARO (Computer Assisted Radiology Organization) — Magnetic Resonance Version.- A Flexible Network Solution for an Extended Information System in a Radiological Department.- The Added Value of a RIS Integrated in a HIS.- A Medical Image DataBase System for Tomographic Images.- PACS-RIS Interfacing: Experiences and Problems.- Benefits of a HIS-PACS Coupling in Clinical Practice.- Subpixel Flexible Registration for Quantitative Angiography.- Delineation of Neuroanatomical Objects Using Deformable Models.- Comparison Between Several Approaches of Vascular Network Reconstruction from a Limited Number of Projections.- The Determination of Object Coordinate Systems for Longitudinal Three-Dimensional Quantitative Image Processing.- Application of Image Processing Techniques to the Determination of the Insertion Point for Intramedullary Nailing of the Tibia.- Interactive 3D Registration of Image Volumes from Different Sources.- SUNRISE — A Software System for Medical Imaging Analysis.- Automated Identification of the Spine in Magnetic Resonance Images: A Reference Point for Automated Processing.- On Segmenting Computed Tomograms.- Interpretation of Tomographic Images via Virtual-Data Fusion.- Improvement on Dynamic Elastic Interpolation Technique for Reconstructing 3-D Objects from Serial Cross-Sections.- Evaluation of Digital Image Processing in Angiography for the Diagnosis of Renal Neoplasms.- Computer-based System Analysis of Radioisotope Scan Image.- The Iris Image Analysis for Medical Diagnosis.- 3D Display with Minimal Predefinition.- Image Quality in Voxel-Based Surface Shading.- Minimizing the Data Preparation for 3D Visualization of Medical Image Sequences.- Fast Three Dimensional Visualization Using a Parallel Computing System.- Three-Dimensional Surface Reconstructions Using a General Purpose Image Processing System.- Improvements to the Cuberille Three-dimensional Modelling Technique for Assessment of Complex Fractures and Evaluation of Stability in the Musculo-Skeletal System.- Building Highly Structured Volume Representations in 3D Medical Images.- Cooperative Human-Machine Interfaces for Medical Image Workstations: A Scenario.- Object-Oriented Design for Medical Image Workstations.- Specification and Design of Medical Workstations.- Imaging, Communication and Perceptions.- The Turbulent Road to a Filmless Hospital — St. Mary’s Past, Present and Future.- Computer-Controlled Interactive Laser Video-disc as a Medical Encyclopedia.- DARE — Radiology Data Bank, Essen.- PACS and the Need for a New Legal Structure.- Medical Computer Law: Discussion of Legal Problems by Using Computer Science and Expert Systems: Example Radiology.- Liability for the Use of Computers in Radiology.- Simulation of Osteotomy Surgery about the Hip Joint.- Possible Social Implication of PACS on Radiology in the United States.- Noise-Reduction Algorithm for Dual Energy Radiography.- List of Authors.