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Digital Image Quality in Medicine

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Oleg S. Pianykh

    1. Dept. Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Newton, USA

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  • Explaining digital imaging to physicians
  • Real-life clinical cases and applications
  • Discussing topics essential in diagnostic imaging?

Part of the book series: Understanding Medical Informatics (UMI)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. A Bit of History and Touch of Philosophy

    • Oleg S. Pianykh
    Pages 1-5

  3. Do No Harm

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Digital Images and Digital Myths

      • Oleg S. Pianykh
      Pages 9-11

    3. Image Interpolation

      • Oleg S. Pianykh
      Pages 13-31

    4. Image Compression

      • Oleg S. Pianykh
      Pages 33-55

  4. Making It Better

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-58
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    2. Image Enhancement

      • Oleg S. Pianykh
      Pages 59-77

    3. Image Quality Online

      • Oleg S. Pianykh
      Pages 79-93

  5. What You See Is What You Get

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Image Display

      • Oleg S. Pianykh
      Pages 97-109

    3. DICOM Calibration and GSDF

      • Oleg S. Pianykh
      Pages 111-122

    4. Conclusion

      • Oleg S. Pianykh
      Pages 123-123
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About this book

Making a good diagnostic image is only the beginning; keeping it good and diagnostically sound is a much more difficult proposition, one that is often neglected or forgotten by clinical practitioners. With anything digital, the assumption of persistent original quality opens a Pandora’s box of medical fiascos. Poorly selected image interpolation, thoughtlessly used compression, confused image enhancement options and the like can transform a good original into a useless clutter of pixels. This book is dedicated to learning better options. Intended for physicians, clinical practitioners and applications specialists, it provides a well-rounded introduction to meaningful diagnostic image housekeeping. The book presents the most important aspects of safe digital image workflows, starting from the basic practical implications and gradually uncovering the underlying concepts and algorithms. With an easy-to-follow, down-to-earth presentation style, the text helps you to optimize your diagnostic imaging projects and connect the dots of medical informatics.​

Reviews

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“This text is a wonderful review of the essential technologies and computational algorithms for assuring digital image quality in medical applications. … The vast use of images in the figures presented throughout the text greatly enhances the presentation of the material. In addition, numerous diagrams and tables are included to further provide the reader with information to maximize the learning experience. … The book is a welcome addition to the medical imaging practitioner’s library.” (Michael Goldberg, Computing Reviews, September, 2014)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Newton, USA

    Oleg S. Pianykh

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Digital Image Quality in Medicine

  • Authors: Oleg S. Pianykh

  • Series Title: Understanding Medical Informatics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01760-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01759-4Published: 08 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01760-0Published: 21 October 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2197-7321

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-733X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 123

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 68 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general, Imaging / Radiology, Health Informatics

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