Imaging Informatics: An Introduction

Dr. Seeram has had more than 26 textbooks published to date, including Computed Tomography (Elsevier). These books have a world-wide distribution and several of them have been adopted by Schools of Medical Imaging all over the world for their educational programs. He was formerly the Program Head of the Medical Imaging Degree at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, where he worked for 38 years serving the Medical Imaging Education and Clinical Practice Communities. Dr. McEntee is Head of the Discipline of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, Chair of Radiography at UCC, and Course Director for the MSCDR and MSCRT. He is one of the world's top Medical Radiation Scientists, recognized through Honorary appointments as a Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of South Denmark, and the University of Sydney. He has published over 250 original papers in the highest-ranked radiological journals. Dr. Stewart has a doctorate in Biomedical (Health) Informatics. She is the Director of the Radiologic Sciences Program at Quinnipiac University and former Director of Training for SIIM (Society of Imaging Informatics). She is an acclaimed lecturer and is touted as one of the foremost experts in Imaging Informatics. Her most recent publication was coauthor of Introduction to Radiologic & Imaging Sciences & Patient Care (Elsevier).

• 1. An Overview of Imaging Informatics2. Information Technology: Computer System Components3. Essentials of Health Informatics4. Digital Image Acquisition Technologies5. Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS vs. MIMPS)6. Image Processing Fundamentals7. Information Systems for Medical Imaging8. Emerging Concepts in Informatics9. Imaging Informatics Professional Organizations