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This series of articles will explore the issues related to displaying, manipulating, and analyzing radiological images on personal computers (PC). This first article discusses the digital image data file, standard PC graphic file formats, and various methods for importing radiological images into the PC.
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Huang HK: Elements of Digital Radiology. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1987. This excellent comprehensive and moderately technical book covers the basics of digital radiology; and image acquisition, compression, processing, and display.
Hunter TB (ed): The Computer in Radiology. Rockville, MD, Aspen Systems Corporation, 1986. Although some of the material is outdated, this book is still an excellent introduction to digital imaging and the basics of digital image processing.
Baxes GA: Digital Image Processing. Denver, CO, Cascade, 1988. A good nontechnical introduction to the basics of digital imaging and image processing.
Newell JD, Kelsey CA: Digital Imaging in Radiology: New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 1990. This book discusses clinical applications and technical aspects of digital imaging with a chapter on image compression and reconstruction.
Kuni CC: Introduction to Computers & Digital Processing in Medical Imaging. Chicago, IL, Year Book Medical, 1988. A general and decidedly nontechnical introductory book on medical imaging.
Lindley CA: Practical Image Processing in C. New York, NY, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. A programming book that covers image acquisition, manipulation, storage, and compression for MS-DOS computers. TIFF 5.0 (not the current standard) is discussed in an appendix. Very useful source code is available for an additional fee.
Embree PM, Kimble B: C Language Algorithms for Digital Signal Processing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall, 1991. A moderately technical programming book on signal processing (which includes image processing). Source code disc (MS-DOS) is included with the book.
Aldus Corporation: TIFF, Revision 6.0. Seattle, WA, 1992. A very well written specification manual on TIFF that is mandatory reading for programmers interested in working with TIFF files. There are also good sections on image compression. Available from: Aldus Developers Desk, Aldus Corp, 411 First Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104-2871. Also available in PostScript form on CompuServe (GO ALDSVC, Message Section #10) and on the Stanford ftp server (sumex-aim.stanford.edu, info-mac/tech/tiff-revision-60.hqx).
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Gillespy, T., Rowberg, A.H. Radiological images on personal computers: Introduction and fundamental principles of digital images. J Digit Imaging 6, 81–87 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03168434
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