Addressing the future of clinical information systems--Web-based multilayer visualization.
This paper addresses some key issues relating to the development of new technology for clinical information systems (CIS) in relation to imaging and visualizing data. With the increasing importance of molecular and cellular biology, a new type of medicine, molecular based medicine, is now developing. This will significantly alter the way in which medicine is practiced. The view is presented that CIS will need to operate seamlessly across the Biological Continuum, i.e., the hierarchy of the human organism comprising systems, viscera, tissue, cells, proteins, and genes. We propose a multilayered visualization interface, which operates across the Biological Continuum, based on Web-based technology. A visualization interface package for two-dimensional and three-dimensional image data at the visceral and cellular levels is described. Two application examples are presented: 1) MR knee images, at the visceral level and 2) endothelial nuclei images, acquired from confocal laser microscopy, at the cellular level.
Poh
Chueh-Loo
CL
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College, London SW7 2BX, UK.
Kitney
Richard I
RI
Shrestha
Rasu B K
RB
D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000639:trends*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000639:trends; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000639:trends*; D020407:Internet / Q000639:trends*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000639:trends*; D014584:User-Computer Interface