詳細資料ISBN:9789866128110 規格:精裝 / 356頁 / 17 X 23 CM / 普通級/ 單色印刷 / 初版 出版地:台灣 內容簡介 THE FIELD OF MEDICAL IMAGING ADVANCES SO RAPIDLY THAT KNOWLEDGE NEEDS TO BE FREQUENTLY UPDATED IN ORDER TO STAY ABREAST OF DEVELOPMENTS. THE BOOK IS DESIGNED FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, WHO WISH TO UPDATE THEIR SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING WITH THE LATEST TECHNIQUES IN IMAGE ANALYSIS, FOR PROFESSIONALS IN MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY, AND FOR COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, WHO WANT TO SPECIALIZE IN THE MEDICAL APPLICATIONS. IN THIS BOOK, WE HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO COVER THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS ALONG WITH BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. THE BOOK EMPHASIZES NOT ONLY ON THE BACKGROUND THEORY BUT ALSO ON THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS, WHICH INCLUDE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF AVAILABLE IMAGE PROCESSING TOOLS. A NUMBER OF MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND DATABASES, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND FREE, ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK. WE HOPE THAT THIS BOOK GIVES READERS A SENSE OF THE BREADTH OF MEDICAL IMAGING, MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS AND ASSOCIATED CHALLENGES WHILE PROVIDING THEM WITH THE BASIC TOOLS TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE. CHAPTER 1 PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL IMAGING MODALITIES AND THEIR ROLE IN MEDICINE. A LIGHT INTRODUCTION ABOUT VARIOUS MEDICAL IMAGING MODALITIES WITH FOUR KINDS OF CLASSIFICATION APPROACHES IS GIVEN. CHAPTER 2 DESCRIBES THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF IMAGE FORMATION AND REVIEWS THE ESSENTIAL MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATION AND DIGITAL IMAGE THEORY. CHAPTER 3 PRESENTS BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DICOM STANDS (DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE) AND PACS (PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS) IN MEDICAL IMAGING. CHAPTER 4 DESCRIBES THE PRINCIPLES, INSTRUMENTATION, AND DATA ACQUISITION METHODS OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI). A FOUR DIMENSIONAL CARDIAC MR IMAGE ANALYSIS APPLICATION IS DISCUSSED. CHAPTER 5 PROVIDES A COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF BIOLOGICAL MICROSCOPIC IMAGE ANALYSIS. RECENT DEVELOPMENT ON COMPUTER-AIDED MICROSCOPIC IMAGE ANALYSIS TOOLS ARE DISCUSSED. CHAPTER 6 DISCUSSES THE PRINCIPLES, INSTRUMENTATION, AND DATA ACQUISITION METHODS OF X-RAY IMAGING MODALITIES, INCLUDING X-RAY RADIOGRAPH IMAGING, X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY, AND X-RAY CT. PUBLIC CT DATABASES AND COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS APPLICATIONS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. CHAPTER 7 PROVIDES ULTRASOUND IMAGING PRINCIPLES AND DISCUSSES METHODS FOR DATA ACQUISITION AND INSTRUMENTATION CONTROL SYSTEMS. CHAPTER 8 PRESENTS A DETAILED INTRODUCTION TO A FREE AND OPEN SOURCE IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE (IMAGEJ / FIJI), WHICH ARE POPULARLY ADOPTED IN THE MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS COMMUNITY. RELATED OR EXTENDED MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS TOOLS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED.