Computer Assisted Radiology / Computergestützte Radiologie, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
Proceedings of the International Symposium / Vorträge des Internationalen Symposiums

New imaging technology and more sophisticated image processing systems will have a profound effect on those areas of medicine which are concerned with imaging for diagnosis and therapy planning. Digitally formated data will form the basis of an increasing number of medical imaging modalities. Before the diagnostic imaging department of the future will largely be digital, many problems have still to be solved as regards image quality, costs, and ease of use. The computer and other information science derived methods will contribute towards solving many of the problems in these areas. It is widely expected that there will be an information science derived evolution in imaging for radiology and related departments. Computer assistance may be applied to image generation, e.g. CT, MRI, DR and DSR, storing and transferring of images, and viewing, analysing and interpreting of images. The application of computers to these activities (which characterise radiological departments), may be defined as Computer Assisted Radiology (CAR) . In the main, CAR will promote the transition from analog imaging systems to digital systems, integration of digital imaging modalities through Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS') and the graduated employment of Medica~ Work Stations (MWS) for diagnosis and therapy planning. It will transfer geographically, organisationally and/or mentally isolate imaging activities towards fully integrated multi-imaging modality diagnostic departments. This development will have a considerable impact on patient management, on the medical profession and on the health care system.

T2-Selective Proton Imaging: Representation of Functional States and Molecular Composition of Tissues.- A Data Base System for Parameter-Selective NMR Imaging Realized in the RWTH Aachen Magnetic Resonance Software System (RAMSES).- Correction of Geometrical Distortions in MR-Images.- Preliminary Clinical Evaluation of Magnetic Susceptibility NMR Imaging.- Decomposition of Multi-Exponential Transverse Magnetization Decays in T2-Selective NMR Imaging Employing the Subsystem Evaluation of RAMSES.- A Visualization Technique for Parameter-Selective NMR Imaging.- Interactive Computer Program for the Selection of Optimum Pulse Sequences in NMR Imaging.- High Resolution NMR-Imaging with Surface Coils.- Principles for the Study of Heart Dynamics with Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Preprocessing Steps on Fourier MRI Raw Data.- Representation of Vessels in Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Topogram and Reconstructed Vascular Tree.- Heart-Imaging with Magnetic Resonance Tomography Using the Paramagnetic Contrast Medium Gadolinium-DTPA.- 3D Reconstruction for Diverging X-Ray Beams.- X-Ray Image Chain for a Computed Tomography Approach to Intravenous Coronary Arteriography.- Dünnschichtcomputertomographie der Schädelbasis.- CT Videography Using an Optical Computer for Image Reconstruction.- System Architecture for High Speed Reconstruction in Time-of-Flight Positron Tomography.- Technical Considerations Concerning Neurological Application of IMP-SPECT.- A Quality Factor for SPECT-Systems.- Rotierendes Multidetektor-System versus rotierende Gamma-Kamera zur Messung der regionalen Hirndurchblutung.- Verbesserung des Defektnachweises in der SPECT mittels unvollständiger Rotation.- Der automatisierte Multisektor-Ultraschallscanner mit Wasservorlauf (Octoson) — Artefakte und klinische Anwendung.- Evaluation and Comparison of Various Strategies for Estimating Local Cerebral Glucose Metabolic Rate from Brain Images in Positron Emission Tomography.- Image Reconstruction with the Use of Transverse Positional Information in Emission Computed Tomography (ECT).- Digital Substraction Myelography — DSM.- Stellenwert der arteriellen DSA in der vaskulären Diagnostik.- Darstellung von Dialyseshunts mittels DSA-Technik.- A New Method Evaluation Vessel Stenosis with the Digital Substraction Angiography.- TOMOTRON — A Digital System for Conventional Tomography, First Results of the New Electronic Device.- Erzeugung und Verarbeitung großflächiger digitaler Röntgenbilder.- Darstellung von Hirntumoren mittels digitaler Röntgenvideotechnik.- Die Tumorfluoroskopie — ein neues bildgebendes Verfahren in der Bestrahlungsplanung von Hirntumoren.- Digital Tomosynthesis with a DSA System.- Berechnung parametrischer Bilder auf der Basis der digitalen Angiographie.- Compression of Dynamics in X-Ray Images by Optimized Linear Filters.- Möglichkeiten der digitalen Radiographie am Großbildverstärker: Erste Ergebnisse.- Hybride Histogrammequalisation bei der Digitalisierung von Röntgenbildern mit einem Halbleiter-Zeilensensor.- Image Restoration in Digital Radiography through Measurements of Optical Transfer Function.- Quality Factor for Noise Characterization in Digital Radiology Systems.- Multi-Energy Digital Radiology.- A Class of Optimized Algorithms for Digital Tomosynthesis.- A High Speed High Resolution Image Acquisition System.- Radiation Reduction during Cardiac Cine-Angiographic Procedures Using a Video Image Processor.- Elimination of Nonpivotal Plane Images from X-Ray Motion-Tomograms.- A 57 cm X-Ray Image Intensifier Digital Radiography System.- ACR/NEMA Digital Image Interface Standard (An Illustrated Protocol Overview).- Data Compression in Digital Angiography Using Transform Coding.- Fiber-Optic Transmission Systems for PACS: Network Considerations and Component Design.- Radiographic Image Archiving System Using a Local Area Network.- Aufgaben der Datenverarbeitung im Bereich der digitalen Radiographie.- Information System for Research and Operation in a University Radiology Department.- Interactive Integrated Modular System for Digital Radiology.- A Complete Oncological Data Base: Digital Images and Data Synthesis.- Computer Assisted Radiation Therapy.- Angio-CT in der Diagnostik und therapeutischen Verlaufsbeobachtung von strahlentherapierten AV-Malformationen.- Reconstruction and Pseudo-3-Dimensional Presentation of the Uterus from Automatic Segmented Transversal Ultrasound Slices — A Fundamental Precondition for Optimizing the Individually Adjusted Therapy Planning in case of Carcinoma of the Body of the Uterus.- Radiation Therapy Planning Using Computerized Interactive Portal Simulation.- Modelling and Computer Simulation of an Effective Hyperthermia.- Three-Dimensional Display in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning.- Radiotherapy Simulation with the Digital Reconstructed Radiograph.- Three Dimensional Planning of Conformation Therapy.- Treatment Planning with the Multi-Leaf Collimator.- A Network Solution for Structure Models and Custom Prostheses Manufacturing from CT Data.- Computer-Assisted Pre-Operative Planning of Orthopaedic Reconstructive Surgery.- A Computerized Femoral Intrameduallary Implant Design Package Utilizing Computed Tomography Data.- Inaccuracies in Bone Models Derived from Single Energy Quanitative Computed Tomography.- Computer Aided Diagnosis in Mammography.- Automated Design of Tissue Compensators for Radiotherapy Using Moiré Contourography.- Dual Energy CT and Morphometric Analysis of High Resolution CT Images for the Diagnosis of Bone Mineral Diseases.- CT Diagnosis of Brain Tumors: Semiautomatical Type-Specific Diagnosis with the Help of a Personal Computer Mathematical Fundaments and Practical Application.- Computer Vision in Digital Radiography.- An Image Processing System for Quality Assurance in Diagnostic Radiology.- Digital Subtraction and Motion Artefakt Suppression.- A Dynamically Programmed Blood Vessel Enhancing Operator.- Knowledge-Based Landmarking of Cephalograms.- Möglichkeiten der postangiographischen Bildbearbeitung zur Verbesserung von digitalen Subtraktionsangiogrammen Erfahrung an 370 Patienten.- Some High-Efficiency Two-Dimensional Digital Filters with Application to Biomedical Image Processing.- An Image Analysis-Workstation for Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization.- Tissue Differentiation in MRI by Means of Pattern Recognition.- Computer-Aided Detection of Pulmonary Nodules.- The Analysis of Cardiac Performance Using Multimodality Image Understanding.- Model-Guided Labelling of CSF Cavities in Cranial Computed Tomograms.- The Use of Optical Flow for Left-Ventricular Boundary Detection in Cineangiograms.- Computer Graphics in Radiology.- Some Uses of Colour Display in NMR Imaging.- Die Bedeutung der Farbdarstellung in der Kernspin-Tomographie.- Diagnoseunterstützende Darstellung von NMR-Bildern im Hinblick auf RHO-, T1- und T2-Information.- 3-D Shaded Perspective Display of NMR-Tomograms — The Software Environment.- A Medical Workstation for Three-Dimensional Display of Computed Tomogram Images.- Combined Use of Different Algorithms for Interactive Surgical Planning.- Three Dimensional CT Scan Reconstruction at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology.- Display and Analysis of 4-D Medical Images.- Design of a Mass Memory Processing System for Fast Computation of Tomographic Images.- Some Aspects of a Viewing System for Radio Therapy Dose Planning.- A Medical Graphics System for Diagnosis and Surgical Planning.- Graphical Aids for Tomographic Image Correlation.- Solid Modelling and Display Techniques for CT and MR Images.- CAR — Flaggschiff der Medizin.- Research and Development Activities towards Computer Assisted Radiology in Japan.- The Third Dimension.- Computer Communications and Graphics for Clinical Radiology.- The Clinical Experience of CT Diagnosis via Computing.- Computer Assisted Imaging for Orthopaedic Surgery.- Direct 3-D Reconstruction from Projections with Initially Unknown Angles.- Reconstruction of the Regional Distribution of the Myocardial Perfusion from a Few X-Ray Projections First Experimental Results.- Stereoscopic Analysis of Vascular and Neuroanatomical Data with Applications in Functional Stereotactic Neurosurgery.- Human-Computer Interaction in Radiology.- Design of Interactive Workstations for the Interpretation of Medical Images in Pictorial Information Systems.- Methodologies and Algorithms for Digital Radiology in the Gepirad Software System.- Experiments with Man-Machine Interaction Techniques for Pictorial Information Systems.- Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) for Radiology.- Evaluation and Comparison of Various Strategies for Estimating Local Cerebral Glucose Metabolic Rate from Brain Images in Positron Emission Tomography.- 1984–85 Teleradiology Field Trial and Archive Study.- List of Authors.