Background on Computer Assisted Medical Imaging

Abstract

Diagnosis is a critical part of health care. Diagnosis is the process of determining a patient’s illness from his or her complaints and from other sources of information. Most people go to physicians because of symptoms; it is then the role of the physician or other health care provider to find an explanation for those symptoms. Imaging is different in some respects from other diagnostic tools, since the location and size of a lesion can be determined, and sometimes its stage of development as well. In addition, the diagnosis determine the course of medical intervention, including the possibility of cure. Images are also often used in follow-up of therapy to determines its effectiveness. In addition, imaging is sometimes used in screening programs to identify early disease that has not yet caused symptoms.