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A system for image processing in medicine should on the one hand provide an easy and safe application of proven methods of picture analysis. On the other hand a smooth path for improvements or new applications should be provided. It is argued that the required system and programming flexibility can be achieved by a dialog language, which in addition provides for a better transparency and documentation of the resulting software.
The system described consists of two languages, a high level problem oriented dialog language and a low level machine oriented programming language. The paper summarizes the high level dialog language. Particular features include specific interactive facilities, versatile display control and menu techniques, a powerful procedure concept and the use of default values and current representations of data types in procedures.
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Pfeiffer, G., Hoehne, K.H. (1978). Improvement of Programming Efficiency in Medical Image Processing by a Dialog Language. In: Anderson, J. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 78. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93095-9_20
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