title: Radiological images on personal computers: introduction and fundamental principles of digital images.
abstract: This series of articles will explore the issue related to displaying, manipulating, and analyzing radiological images on personal computers (PC). This first article discusses the digital image data file, standard PC graphic file formats, and various methods for importing radiological images into the PC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gillespy
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Rowberg
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003196:Computer Graphics; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008838:Microcomputers; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement