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Imaging techniques occupy a growing part of the practice of medicine. They may intervene in the diagnostic, prognostic, or therapeutic decision-makng processes. Medical images include radiological images (conventional radiography or tomography), nuclear-medicine, ultrasound, photography (used in cytology, pathology, dermatology, electrofluoresence or chromosome maps), films (endoscopy), functional images obtained through reconstruction (tomodensitometry, magnetic resonance imaging), or even simulations that create virtual reality.
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Degoulet, P., Fieschi, M. (1997). Medical Imaging Systems. In: Introduction to Clinical Informatics. Health Informatics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0675-0_11
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