Imaging-based observational databases for clinical problem solving: the role of informatics.
Imaging has become a prevalent tool in the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases, providing a unique in vivo, multi-scale view of anatomic and physiologic processes. With the increased use of imaging and its progressive technical advances, the role of imaging informatics is now evolving--from one of managing images, to one of integrating the full scope of clinical information needed to contextualize and link observations across phenotypic and genotypic scales [...]
Author(s): Bui, Alex A T, Hsu, William, Arnold, Corey, El-Saden, Suzie, Aberle, Denise R, Taira, Ricky K
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001340