Imaging Informatics: Toward Capturing and Processing Semantic Information in Radiology Images

D. L. Rubin; S. Napel

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638686

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 2010; 19(01): 34-42
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638686

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Schattauer GmbH

Imaging Informatics: Toward Capturing and Processing Semantic Information in Radiology Images

Authors

D. L. Rubin

¹Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA,USA
S. Napel

¹Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA,USA

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Keywords

Imaging informatics ontologies - content based image retrieval - structured reporting

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