title: [Overview of Chinese digital medicine].
abstract: Digital medicine is a newly developed interdiscipline, which is based on the rapid development of medical imaging technology and other advanced technologies in information science, such as computer and internet etc. To let academic world comprehend the history, status, mission, and prospect of this new branch of science, this comment primarily review the major events related to the booming process in Chinese digital medicine, the published milestone works, and dominating applied technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Biomechanics, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ouyang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics; D013672:Technology