Thefieldofmedicalimagingadvancessorapidlythatknowledgeneedstobefrequentlyupdatedinordertostayabreastofdevelopments.Thebookisdesignedformedicalprofessionals,whowishtoupdatetheirskillsandunderstandingwiththelatesttechniquesinimageanalysis,forprofessionalsinmedicalimagingtechnology,andforcomputerscientistsandelectricalengineers,whowanttospecializeinthemedicalapplications.Inthisbook,wehavemadeanefforttocoverthefundamentalsofmedicalimagingandmedicalimageanalysisalongwithbriefdescriptionsofrecentdevelopments.Thebookemphasizesnotonlyonthebackgroundtheorybutalsoonthepracticalaspectsofmedicalimageanalysis,whichincludetheeffectiveuseofavailableimageprocessingtools.Anumberofmedicalimageanalysissystemsanddatabases,bothcommercialandfree,aredescribedinthisbook.Wehopethatthisbookgivesreadersasenseofthebreadthofmedicalimaging,medicalimageanalysisandassociatedchallengeswhileprovidingthemwiththebasictoolstotakethechallenge.
Chapter1presentsanoverviewofmedicalimagingmodalitiesandtheirroleinmedicine.Alightintroductionaboutvariousmedicalimagingmodalitieswithfourkindsofclassificationapproachesisgiven.
Chapter2describesthebasicprinciplesofimageformationandreviewstheessentialmathematicalfoundationanddigitalimagetheory.
Chapter3presentsbasicprinciplesofDICOMstands(DigitalImagingandCOmmunicationsinMedicine)andPACS(PictureArchivingandCommunicationSystems)inmedicalimaging.
Chapter4describestheprinciples,instrumentation,anddataacquisitionmethodsofMagneticresonanceimaging(MRI).AfourdimensionalcardiacMRimageanalysisapplicationisdiscussed.
Chapter5providesacompletespectrumofbiologicalmicroscopicimageanalysis.Recentdevelopmentoncomputer-aidedmicroscopicimageanalysistoolsarediscussed.
Chapter6discussestheprinciples,instrumentation,anddataacquisitionmethodsofX-rayimagingmodalities,includingX-rayradiographimaging,X-raymammography,andX-rayCT.PublicCTdatabasesandcomputer-aideddiagnosisapplicationsarealsodescribed.
Chapter7providesultrasoundimagingprinciplesanddiscussesmethodsfordataacquisitionandinstrumentationcontrolsystems.
Chapter8presentsadetailedintroductiontoafreeandopensourceimageprocessingsoftware(ImageJ/Fiji),whicharepopularlyadoptedinthemedicalimageanalysiscommunity.Relatedorextendedmedicalimageanalysistoolsarealsodescribed.
