IMAGING AND GRAPHICS IN MEDICINE - CONCEPT OF AN OBJECT-ORIENTED PLATFORM FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH

We present a workstation-based research platform with two major compon ents. A turnkey application system provides a functionality kernel for a broad community of clinical users with an interest in digital imagi ng. A development toolbox allows efficient implementation of research ideas and consistent integration of new applications with the common f ramework of the turnkey system. The platform is based on an elaborate object class structure describing objects for image processing, comput er graphics, study handling and user interface control. Thus expertise of computer scientists familiar with this application domain is broug ht into the hospital and can be readily used by clinical researchers.