Handbook of Medical Imaging, Volume 3. Display and PACS (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM81)

Describes concurrent engineering developments that affect or are expected to influence future development of digital diagnostic imaging. Also covers current developments in Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) technology, with particular emphasis on integration of emerging imaging technologies into the hospital environment.

Contents

- Three dimensional visualization: principles and approaches
- Virtual reality and clinical applications
- Image-guided surgery
- The monochrome cathode ray tube display and its performance
- JPEG compression in medical imaging
- Extended-field-of-view ultrasound imaging
- Telemedicine
- Enabling technologies: communications
- Storage and database
- Displays
- Systems integration
- PACS acquisition issues
- Evaluation of PACS: clinically-driven methods