The overview of DMIP, diagnostic medical image processing.

In summer semester, and this is a good way

to advertise what we are going to see in summer,

we will learn about IMIP.

And the idea of these two lectures is the following.

In the winter semester, we talk about diagnostic

medical image processing techniques.

That means we deal with the systems that are used

for diagnostic purposes.

So the patient visits the radiology department,

images are captured, these images are prepared

by technicians, and then the doctor sits

and analyzes the images and decides what to do.

In the interventional environment,

things are completely different.

These systems are used during surgery or interventions.

That means the patient is on the table,

the patient is treated, and the doctor needs

image information to guide the procedure,

or to run the overall procedure.

So there are completely different demands

with respect to the image processing modules.

For instance, in terms of reliability,

so the system should work all the time,

it should be easy to operate, because you know

you have your gloves and the bloody fingers,

that's the picture you should have in mind,

and then you have to manipulate the images.

The systems have to be efficient and fast,

something that is not that important

in diagnostic medical image processing,

because you have some time to do computations

to prepare the pictures.

So these are the two worlds we are actually in.

And in winter semester, first we started out

with different modalities, and I have to say

that this year, I made this chapter much shorter

than in previous years.

Usually I spend two weeks where I explain

all the modalities and the physics underlying

these imaging modalities, but that's something

that I have shifted completely to the basic lecture

in the first semester on medical engineering,

that is basically on medical imaging.

And I give here just a rough idea.

So I think it's more than sufficient for the understanding

of the subsequent sections, so I consider you

a little bit on a more advanced level.

And which modalities do we know?

We all should now be able to look at an image