Computer processing of tomography data

Computer processing of tomography data Tomographs are one of the most important diagnostic devices, which are used in every hospital nowadays; they have already been so for a considerable period of time. The different types of tomographs and the processing of tomographic data and imaging of these data are the subject of this thesis. I have described the four most common types of tomography: X-ray Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography. This thesis has described the basic principles of these devices, their technical parameters, their use and also different data formats, which are used for tomographic data. The practical part of my thesis is involved with software for viewing and processing of tomographic data. It specifically concerns freely available viewers such as MRIcro, ezDICOM, Amide, ImageJ and Gpetview. Their main functions and their pros and cons have also been described therein. The last part of my thesis has been devoted to SPM software that is used for an advanced processing of 3D tomographic data from PET, VBM and MRI as well as EEG and MEG imaging techniques. I have described these features and also those individual steps that are taken during the processing of particular sample data that has been taken from examinations on functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. This thesis is addressed to all, those who want to learn more about tomographic data processing and mainly it should serve as an overview of free software for processing and viewing of these data