New Trends of Image Analysis in the Medical Field

J. Dengler; H. Bertsch; J. F. Desaga; M. Schmidt

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1635520

Methods of Information in Medicine, Table of Contents

Methods Inf Med 1988; 27(02): 53-57
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1635520

Original Article

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New Trends of Image Analysis in the Medical Field

Neue Entwicklungen der Bildverarbeitung in der Medizin

J. Dengler

¹(From the Department of Medical and Biological Informatics, the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg and the Department of Radiology at the Medical Center of the University Hospital of Gießen, F.R.G.)

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H. Bertsch

¹(From the Department of Medical and Biological Informatics, the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg and the Department of Radiology at the Medical Center of the University Hospital of Gießen, F.R.G.)

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J. F. Desaga

¹(From the Department of Medical and Biological Informatics, the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg and the Department of Radiology at the Medical Center of the University Hospital of Gießen, F.R.G.)

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M. Schmidt

¹(From the Department of Medical and Biological Informatics, the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg and the Department of Radiology at the Medical Center of the University Hospital of Gießen, F.R.G.)

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Summary

Image analysis with the aid of the computer has rapidly developed over the last few years. There are many possibilities of making use of this development in the medical and biological field. This paper is meant to give a rather general overview of recent systematics regarding the existing methodology in image analysis. Furthermore, some parts of these systematics are illustrated in greater detail by recent research work in the German Cancer Research Center. In particular, two applications are reported where special emphasis is laid on mathematical morphology. This relatively new approach to image analysis finds growing interest in the image processing community and has its strength in bridging the gap between a priori knowledge and image analysis procedures.

Die Bildverarbeitung mit Computern hat sich in den letzten Jahren schnell entwickelt. Davon kann im medizinischen und biologischen Bereich auf vielfältige Weise Gebrauch gemacht werden. Dieser Beitrag entwirft eine allgemeine Systematik der in der Bildverarbeitung angewandten Methoden. Darüber hinaus werden Teile dieser Systematik an neueren Forschungsarbeiten aus dem Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrum illustriert. Insbesondere werden zwei Anwendungen vorgestellt, in denen der Schwerpunkt auf der mathematischen Morphologie liegt, einem noch recht jungen Ansatz, der in der Bildverarbeitung wachsendes Interesse findet. Seine Stärke liegt darin, die Lücke zwischen A-priori-Vorwissen und den Bildverarbeitungsprozeduren zu schließen.

Key-Words:

Image Processing - Mathematical Morphology - Pneumoconiosis - Cell Segmentation

Schlüssel-Wörter:

Bildverarbeitung - mathematische Morphologie - Pneumoconiosis - Zellsegmentierung

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