Abstract
Diagnostic images in nuclear medicine are displayed as digital images on workstations and are then typically sent to film recorders for hardcopy and subsequent analysis on film viewers. This has been the traditional technique of reviewing other medical images for x-ray, CT, MRI etc. Film viewing is an art and requires good control over the ambient light levels for eye adaptation leading to optimal visual acuity. However, there is an increasing trend to review images on workstations, where it is possible to apply a variety of techniques to enhance image details to aid in the diagnosis. Control of ambient light for eye adaptation is still important when reviewing digital images. Nuclear medicine was one of the first disciplines to routinely rely upon digital image review and to employ image processing for image enhancement and to undertake quantitative image analysis for dynamic studies.
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Abbreviations
- IA:
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image analysis
- IP:
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image processing
- CT:
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computed tomography
- MTF:
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modulation transfer function
- MRI:
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magnetic resonance imaging
- NIH:
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National Institutes of Health
- ROI:
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region of interest
- TF:
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transfer function
- SNR:
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signal-to-noise ratio
- SPET:
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single photon emission tomography
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Riley, P.J. (2004). Image Processing and Analysis. In: Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06588-4_18
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