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ArticleJournal of digital imaging2019

Synchronization and Alignment of Follow-up Examinations: a Practical and Educational Approach Using the DICOM Reference Coordinate System.

Sebastian Nowak, Alois M Sprinkart

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Article in Journal of digital imaging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Sebastian NowakDepartment of Mathematics and Technology, University of Applied Sciences Koblenz, Joseph-Rovan-Allee 2, 53424, Remagen, Germany.
Alois M SprinkartDepartment of Radiology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127, Bonn, Germany. sprinkart@uni-bonn.de.ORCID 0000-0002-1435-9562

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Abstract

This work presents an approach for synchronization and alignment of Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) series from different studies that allows, e.g., easier reading of follow-up examinations. The proposed concept developed within the DICOM's patient-based reference coordinate system allows to synchronize all image data of two different studies/examinations based on a single registration. The most suitable DICOM series for registration could be set as default per protocol. Necessary basics regarding the DICOM standard and the used mathematical transformations are presented in an educative way to allow straightforward implementation in Picture Archiving And Communications Systems (PACS) and other DICOM tools. The proposed method for alignment of DICOM images is potentially also useful for various scientific tasks and machine-learning applications.

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Radiology Information SystemsAftercareDatabases, FactualHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedSystems AnalysisWorkflowDICOMImage alignmentImage coordinate systemMedical image registrationMultiparametric analysesReference coordinate system

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PMID30109521
PMCPMC6382644

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