The technology of automatic pattern recognition and digital image processing, after over two decades of basic research, is now appearing in important applications in biology and medicine as weIl as industrial, military and aerospace systems.
In diagnostic medicine a large part of information about the patient is drawn from data, which, more or less, are represented in an opti- calor pictorial form.
The brilliant yet simple idea of introducing a catheter percutaneously into an artery, without first dissecting it free, using a flexible guide wire, has led to a truly revolutionary breakthrough in abdominal x-ray diag- nosis (SELDINGER, 1953).
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
As with the introduction of x -ray computed tomography, much of the initial development of magnetic resonance applications tended to focus on the central nervous system.
While it is true that certain types of neoplasms, such as those of the pancreas and brain, are still lesions with a grave prognosis, there are many other common cancers for which appropriate treatment can be curative in substantial numbers of patients .
Das Hineinwachsen der MR-Tomographie in die klinische Routine und die Entdeckung neuer Anwendungen vollziehen sich vor unseren Augen schrittweise und doch mit bemerkenswerter Schnelligkeit, ganz ähnlich wie bei der Entwicklung der Computertomographie.
In spite of great advance made by ENT and maxillofacial surgeons as well as radiotherapists to improve therapy of cancer of the oral cavity and oropharynx, it has not been possible in the past 4 decades to raise the chances of patient survival above 40%-45%.
Our society is entering its fourth decade of existence, as of the 30th Annual Meeting in London, and we felt that this event merited reflection - a look back into the past - so as to better appreciate where we come from and where our sub speciality stands today, also in order to understand our colleagues from the different areas in Europe.
Die Beurteilung der Krankheitsverläufe von Tumorpatienten und deren Prognose bedarf - ebenso wie die onkologische Qualitätskontrolle - einer systematischen Dokumentation.
In the last two decades, there has been a major increase in the actual numbers of women diagnosed with breast cancer (from 65000 new cases 20 years ago in the United States to 183000 in 1993).
Until the middle of the present century, the morphology and function of the thymus were primarily of interest to those working in the fields of pathologic anatomy, endo- crinology, and pediatrics.
The advent in recent years of several new imaging modalities for the application in diag- nosis and patient management has had an unprecedented impact on patient care.
The administration of chemotherapeutic agents by continuous infusion with concomitant radiation therapy heralds a new approach in the treatment of cancer.
The development of the capacity to use electron beams at various energies stimulated the development of the new technology of intraoperative radiation therapy.
Teil I des Verhandlungsberichtes 1990 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie enthält die Hauptreferate, die von besonderen Sachkennern für die Jahresversammlung geschrieben wurden.
Papers from the 4th International Copenhagen Symposium on the Detection of Breast Cancer giving latest advances in early detection, especially early screening programs.
Imaging of Gastrointestinal Tract Tumors describes current imaging practice for the most commonly encountered benign and malignant digestive tract tumors and gives a review of the literature for less frequent tumors.
The biological action of radiation undoubtedly constitutes an issue of actual con- cern, particularly after incidences like those in Harrisburg or Chernobyl.
Der methodische Wandel der klinischen Radiologie führte zur Verselbständigung von Radiodiagnostik, Radioonkologie und Nuklearmedizin, die als anerkannte Fachgebiete in der radiologischen Klinik oder im radiologischen Zentrum der Universität zusammenarbeiten.
