Real-Time Medical Image Processing [Paperback]

General.- Towards an Image Analysis Center for Medicine.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Interactive Image Analysis System.- 2.1 The Input Units.- 2.2 The Image Display System.- 2.3 The Computer System.- 3. The Computerized Microscope.- 3.1 The Input System.- 3.2 The Computer System.- 3.3 The Microscope Stage Controller.- 4. Discussion.- 5. Acknowledgements.- 6. References.- Cellular Computers and Biomedical Image Processing.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Cellular Computers.- 2.1 The von Neumann Cellular Automaton.- 2.2 Cellular Automata and Image Processing.- 2.3 Pipeline Image Processor.- 3. Cellular Computers and Image Processing Research.- 3.1 Programming the Cellular Computer.- 3.2 Research Status.- 4. Biomedical Applications of Cellular Digital Image Processing.- 4.1 Coronary Artery Disease.- 4.2 Tissue Growth and Development.- 4.3 Genetic Mutagen Studies.- 5. References.- Radiology.- Ultra High-Speed Reconstruction Processors for X-Ray Computed Tomography of the Heart and Circulation.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Computation and Display.- 2.1 The Cone Beam Geometry.- 2.2 Choice of a Suitable Reconstruction Algorithm.- 2.3 Filtration Methods.- 2.4 Reconstruction Processor Design.- 2.5 Back-Projection Implementations.- 3. Flexibility of the High Speed Parallel Processing Reconstruction Architecture.- 4. Acknowledgements.- 5. References.- Computer Analysis of the Ultrasonic Echocardiogram.- 1. Introduction.- 2. System Configuration.- 3. Processing of Ultrasonic Echocardiogram.- 4. Clinical Results.- 5. Conclusions.- 6. Acknowledgements.- 7. References.- Toward Computed Detection of Nodules in Chest Radiographs.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Materials and Methods.- 2.1 Preprocessor.- 2.2 Circularity Detector.- 2.3 Boundary Follower.- 2.4 Classifier.- 3. Experimental Results.- 4. Conclusions.- 5. Acknowledgements.- 6. References.- A Parallel Processing System for the Three-Dimensional Display of Serial Tomograms.- 1. Introduction.- 2. System Outline.- 2.1 Tomograms.- 2.2 Functions.- 3. SystemlÓ%