Role of radiologists in CAD life-cycle.
A modern CAD (computer-aided diagnosis) system development involves a multidisciplinary team whose members are experts in medical and technical fields. This study indicates the activities of medical experts at various stages of the CAD design, testing, and implementation. Those stages include a medical analysis of the diagnostic problem, data collection, image analysis, evaluation, and clinical verification. At each stage the physicians knowledge and experience are indispensable. The final implementation involves integration with the existing Picture Archiving and Communication System. The term CAD life-cycle describes an overall process of the design, testing, and implementation of a system that in its final form assists the radiologists in their daily clinical routine. Four CAD systems (applied to the bone age assessment, Multiple Sclerosis detection, lung nodule detection, and pneumothorax measurement) developed in our laboratory are given as examples of how consecutive stages are developed by the multidisciplinary team. Specific advantages of the CAD implementation that include the daily clinical routine as well as research and education activities are discussed.
Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, ul. Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland. ewa.pietka@polsl.pl
Ewa
E
Piętka
Jacek
J
Kawa
Dominik
D
Spinczyk
Paweł
P
Badura
Wojciech
W
Więcławek
Joanna
J
Czajkowska
Marcin
M
Rudzki
D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010819:Physician's Role; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D018511:Systems Integration