Digital Medical X-ray Imaging, CAD in Lung Cancer and Radiomics in Colorectal Cancer: Past, Present and Future

Computed tomography (CT) introduced medicine to digital imaging. This occurred in the early 1970s and it was the start of the digital medical imaging revolution. The resulting changes and improvements in health care associated with digital imaging have been marked, are occurring now, and are likely...

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Autores: Porto-Álvarez, J., Barnes, G.T., Villanueva, A., García Figueiras, Roberto, Baleato Gonzalez, Sandra, Huelga Zapico, E., Souto Bayarri, José Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS)
Repositorio:RUNA. Repositorio da Consellería de Sanidade e Sergas
OAI Identifier:oai:runa.sergas.gal:20.500.11940/21352
Acceso en línea:https://portalcientifico.sergas.gal//documentos/6416a50b5db420433b7b6319
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11940/21352
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Sumario:Computed tomography (CT) introduced medicine to digital imaging. This occurred in the early 1970s and it was the start of the digital medical imaging revolution. The resulting changes and improvements in health care associated with digital imaging have been marked, are occurring now, and are likely to continue into the future. Before CT, medical images were acquired, stored, and displayed in analog form (i.e., on film). Now essentially all medical images are acquired and stored digitally. When they are not viewed by computer, they are converted to an analog image to be seen. The application of computer algorithms and the processing of digital medical images improves the visualization of diagnostically important details and aids diagnosis by extracting significant quantitative information. Examples of this can be seen with CAD and radiomics applications in the diagnosis of lung and colorectal cancer, respectively. The objectives of this article are to point out the key aspects of the digital medical imaging revolution, to review its current status, to discuss its clinical translation in two major areas: lung and colorectal cancer, and to provide future directions and challenges of these techniques.