Editor-in-Chief:
Isaac Bankman, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Description
In recent years, the remarkable advances in medical imaging instruments have increased their use considerably for diagnostics as well
as planning and follow-up of treatment. Emerging from the fields of radiology, medical physics and engineering, medical imaging no longer
simply deals with the technology and interpretation of radiographic images. The limitless possibilities presented by computer science
and technology, coupled with engineering advances in signal processing, optics and nuclear medicine have created the vastly expanded
field of medical imaging. The
Handbook of Medical Imaging is the first comprehensive compilation of the concepts and
techniques used to analyze and manipulate medical images after they have been generated or digitized. The
Handbook is
organized in six sections that relate to the main functions needed for processing: enhancement, segmentation, quantification, registration,
visualization as well as compression storage and telemedicine.
Audience:
Radiologists, biomedical engineers, doctors, biological reseachers, and medical informatics professionals involved with digital medical images.
