Faculty of Medicine, School of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Radiological Technology & Medical Engineering, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Progess in specific computer-assisted techniques (digital imaging , computer-aided diagnosis, image-guided surgery, MEMS, etc.) combined with computer-assisted integration tools offers a valuable complement to or replacement for existing procedures in healthcare. Physicians are now employing PACS and telemedicine systems as enabling infrastructures to improve quality of and access to healthcare. Tools based on CAD and CAS facilitate completely new paths in patient care. To ensure that CARS tools benefit the patient, collaboration between various disciplines, specifically radiology, surgery, engineering, informatics, and healthcare management, is a critical factor. A multidisciplinary congress like CARS is a step in the desired direction of knowledge sharing and crossover education. It provides the necessary cooperative framework for advancing the development and application of modern computer-assisted technologies in healthcare.
Editors and Affiliations
Computer Graphics and Computer Assisted Medicine, Secr.FR 3-3, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Heinz U. Lemke
Faculty of Medicine, School of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Radiological Technology & Medical Engineering, Osaka University, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
Kiyonari Inamura
Department of Radiology, Kurt Rossmann Laboratories, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, USA
Kunio Doi
College of Medicine, Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Michael W. Vannier
School of Dentistry, Department of Diagnosis and General Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, USA
Allan G. Farman
Division of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Johan H. C. Reiber
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: CARS 2002 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 16th International Congress and Exhibition Paris, June 26–29,2002
Editors: Heinz U. Lemke, Kiyonari Inamura, Kunio Doi, Michael W. Vannier, Allan G. Farman, Johan H. C. Reiber