Imaging Systems in Radiology
After reading this chapter you should know the answers to these questions:
- PDF / 29,037,211 Bytes
- 970 Pages / 504.63 x 737.01 pts Page_size
- 72 Downloads / 257 Views
Biomedical Informatics Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine Fourth Edition
123
Biomedical Informatics
Edward H. Shortliffe • James J. Cimino Editors
Biomedical Informatics Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine Fourth Edition
Editors Edward H. Shortliffe, MD, PhD Departments of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University and Arizona State University New York, NY USA
James J. Cimino, MD Bethesda, MD USA
ISBN 978-1-4471-4473-1 ISBN 978-1-4471-4474-8 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-4474-8 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht
(eBook)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013955588 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher's location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Dedicated to Homer R. Warner, MD, PhD, FACMI A Principal Founder of the Field of Biomedical Informatics 1922–2012
The Fourth Edition of Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine is dedicated to the memory and professional contributions of Homer R. Warner. Homer was not only a pioneer in biomedical informatics but a sustained contributor who is truly one of the founders of the field that mourned his loss in November of 2012. Homer’s publications on the use of computers in health care span 50 years, from 1963 to 2012, but he can claim an a
