New SIIM Fellows Inducted
Steve Horii MD (left) inducted Elizabeth Krupinski PhD, Bradley Erickson MD, PhD, and Richard Morin, PhD (from left to right respectively above) into the College of SIIM Fellows. Each of these new fellows have shown leadership in their individual fields and continued outstanding service to SIIM as well as to the scholarly community. We congratulate them on being awarded this honor and thank them sincerely for their continued service and devotion to our community.
Open Source Plug Fest
This was one of the fun and casual events at SIIM 2008. Developers of Open Source applications were invited to show their work in a casual round table environment. Most handed out installations instructions and showed potential users how to make the best use of their software. I’ve included a list of the developers who attended below and their web sites for those who could not attend the sessions.
The Extensible Neuroimaging Archive Toolkit (XNAT) is an open source software platform designed to facilitate management and exploration of neuroimaging and related data. XNAT includes a secure database backend and a rich web-based user interface.www.xnat.org
ClearCanvas is a company devoted to creating innovative open source healthcare IT …
SIIM 2007 Grant Recipient Research Findings
In 2007, SIIM awarded two Research Grants. This morning, both researchers presented their results to the members.
John Kornak, PhD, University of California, San Francisco (on the left in the picture above) presented “Improved Statistical Reconstruction of Low Resolution Physiological and Molecular MRI Modalities” in which he showed that by using a K-Bayes Model, he could map low resolution K-space data to a high resolution structural image with more accuracy than by useing previously described methods. We will be watching for his articles on this methodology and research in JDI in the coming months.
Chris Sistrom, M.D., MPH., University of Florida Health Center, (on the right in the picture above) presented “Systematic Nomenclature for Imaging …
SIIM 2008 Opening General Session
As usual, the stage for the SIIM Opening session was set for a successful annual meeting. Curtis Langlotz, M.D., the Chairman of SIIM opened the 2008 Annual Meeting in Seattle to a full house. Bradley Erickson, M.D., the Program Committee Chair and Chair-Elect of SIIM followed with a road map of the exciting sessions assembled for all. He then introduced Ronald Arenson, M.D., a founder of Imaging Informatics and a true pioneer in our field to deliver our keynote address. Dr. Langlotz (left) and Dr. Arenson (right) are shown in the picture above prior to the …
Dynamic “Inline” Images: Context-Sensitive Retrieval and Integration of Images into Web Documents
by Kahn, Charles E.
Integrating relevant images into web-based information resources adds value for research and education. This work sought to evaluate the feasibility of using “Web 2.0” technologies to dynamically retrieve and integrate pertinent images into a radiology web site. An online radiology reference of 1,178 textual web documents was selected as the set of target documents. The ARRS GoldMiner™ image search engine, which incorporated 176,386 images from 228 peer-reviewed journals, retrieved images on demand and integrated them into the documents. At least one image was retrieved in real-time for display as an “inline” image gallery for 87% of the web documents. Each thumbnail image was linked to the full-size image at its original web site. Review …
From the Editor’s Desk
by Honeyman-Buck, Janice
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-008-9119-y
Online Date: 4/22/2008
Print publication date: 6/1/2008
View article on SpringerLink
ASK A QUESTION, WIN A GREAT PRIZE
Submit a creative and provocative question for the SIIM 2008 closing session and if it is selected to be used you may win an Amazon Kindle, an Apple IPOD Touch 16 GB, an IBM Think Pad T40, or a Garmin nuvi 750 Portable GPS System. You must be present to win. What a great session this will be - excellent topics, an expert panel, and awesome gadgets. For more on SIIM 2008, click on the link in the Blogroll on the right side of this page.
SIIM 2008 Scientific Presenters
We know all you scientific presenters are anxious to get your work published. Be sure to submit your full paper to JDI prior to the annual meeting. The link to manuscript central is included on the webroll to the right of this posting for your convenience. As soon as your papers are accepted and published online first, the abstracts will be published in our blog for everyone’s notice so you will have immediate recognition.
Welcome
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), SIIM management, Springer management and the Journal of Digital Imaging (JDI) Editorial Board and Office, I welcome you to the blog for JDI, the official journal of SIIM. Our goal is to provide a forum for stimulating discussion of all topics relating to our fascinating and ever evolving profession, hopefully stirring up a little controversy and making everyone’s day a little more interesting. We want to be the place everyone starts their day.
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Classification of Breast Masses Using Selected Shape, Edge-sharpness, and Texture Features with Linear and Kernel-based Classifiers
by Mu, Tingting; Nandi, Asoke K.; Rangayyan, Rangaraj M.
Breast masses due to benign disease and malignant tumors related to breast cancer differ in terms of shape, edge-sharpness, and texture characteristics. In this study, we evaluate a set of 22 features including 5 shape factors, 3 edge-sharpness measures, and 14 texture features computed from 111 regions in mammograms, with 46 regions related to malignant tumors and 65 to benign masses. Feature selection is performed by a genetic algorithm based on several criteria, such as alignment of the kernel with the target function, class separability, and normalized distance. Fisher’s linear discriminant analysis, the support vector machine (SVM), and our strict two-surface proximal (S2SP) classifier, as well as their corresponding …
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