Semantic support for medical image search and retrieval
BIEN '07 Proceedings of the fifth IASTED International Conference: biomedical engineering
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Medical services in current-time rely heavily on digital imaging technology due to image modalities utilized in medical field such as the computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. These techniques require image-processing tools and digital management that has been the primary reason for development of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS). The limitation to PACS is that the system architecture limits itself to be only used in the local area network, which at times causes inconvenience towards physicians requiring the system in the outside environment.With the rapid advances in the network speed, computer processing capabilities, and the support for online software development, the potential to bridge the gap between the hospital and outside environment to share and work in conjunction may be realized.In this paper, we present an application of database and functional imaging that runs through the Internet network (WWW) and Internet browser that has similar ability to the PACS yet having the advantages of being an online system.