Informational tools for assistance of sonographic examinations
| Programmee: | International Collaboration |
| Code: | STCU 4035 |
| Execution period: | 2007 – 2010 |
| Institutions: | Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Moldova State University |
| Project Leader: | Gaindric Constantin |
| Participants: | Cojocaru Svetlana, Popcova Olga, Secrieru Iulian, Sologub Danil, Colesnicov Alexandru, Magariu Galina, Boian Elena, Burtseva Lyudmila, Verlan Tatiana, Jantuan Elena, Papanaga Victor, Gorincioi Ghenadie, Verlan Daniel, Turcanu Vasile, Puiu Sergiu |
| Financed by: | The Science & Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU) |
Summary
The problem of assuring an adequate medical assistance to the population depends both on training and qualification levels of physicians and performance of diagnostic equipment they use.
In order to obtain quickly and correct information about the specific disease will be created an unified system that will allow storage of the images and image annotation information based on the specific descriptions which will guide the sonographic operators to justify their final conclusions.
To reach the project objectives will be developed:
- Medical descriptions of the organs, pathologies and anomalies;
- Knowledge acquisitions methods based on sonographic investigations characteristics;
- Knowledge base;
- Diagnostics validation tool;
- Database model for the medical images, their annotations and fuzzy information storage;
- Image clusterization and fuzzy processing algorithms;
- Quick database searching algorithms;
- An ergonomic and user friendly interface;
- Unified, standardized disease description;
- Algorithms of reports generation.
In present, there is a little number of sonographic decision support systems in the world.
The proposed informational tools will offer combined solution based on image classification and rules systems. Also, will be used mathematical models for image processing and new knowledge acquisition.
The project will have a practical significance manifested in the following:
- The specialist, even the less experienced, in a short time will have access to a resource where large amounts of useful information will be stocked on anatomy, sonographic semeiology, differential diagnostics, as well as condensed presentation of the main nosologic entities, that should appear in the thinking of the physician at the moment of examination each organ separately.
- This system will help the specialist in sonographic analysis to make conclusions more correctly, especially in emergency cases, or in cases with an unspecific clinic-paraclinic situation.
