Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research (대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지)

The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (대한의용생체공학회)
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Down-Scaled 3D Object for Telediagnostic Imaging Support System

  • Shin, Hang-Sik (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Yoon, Sung-Won (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Young (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Myoung-Ho (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Yonsei University)
  • Published : 2005.08.01
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Abstract

In this paper, we proposed a downscaled 3D object technique using medical images for telediagnostic use. The proposed system consisted of downscaling/thresholding processes for building a downscaled 3D object and a process for obtaining 2D images at specific angles for diagnosis support. We used 80 slices of Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine(DICOM) CT images as sample images and the platform-independent Java language for the experiment. We confirmed that the total image set size and transmission time of the original DICOM image set using a down-scaled 3D object decreased approximately $99\%\;and\;98.41\%,$ respectively. With additional studies, the proposed technique obtained from these results will become useful in supporting diagnosis for home and hospital care.

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