Medical image analysis: an overview

Abstract

This paper identifies various image analysis methodologies used in a medical environment. The paper is focused in a short number of examples published recently and covering different image analysis methodologies, used for analysis of different medical image types. The paper also illustrates how image analysis techniques are applied to a considerable variety of images of different organs or structures, from the heart to the brain or from the tongue to the foot. The paper is intended to be a diversified overview of the field, and acts as an introduction to the five papers presented in this special issue on Medical Imaging. They themselves are a good example of the diversity and potential of medical image analysis.