Hendee W R
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1983 Dec;9(12):1851-65. doi: 10.1016/0360-3016(83)90353-x.
Over the past few years, the discipline of medical imaging has entered an evolutionary period that reflects primarily the introduction of computers and digital technology into the imaging process. Clinical applications of this evolution realized to date (e.g., transmission computed tomography, ultrasound and quantitative nuclear medicine) are only indicative of future developments that promise to increase the contributions of medical imaging in a very substantial manner. This increase in the area of oncologic diagnosis is one of the more exciting possibilities existing in medicine today.
在过去几年中，医学成像学科进入了一个发展时期，这主要反映了计算机和数字技术引入成像过程。迄今为止，这一发展在临床应用方面（例如透射计算机断层扫描、超声和定量核医学）仅预示着未来的发展，有望极大地增加医学成像的贡献。肿瘤诊断领域的这种增长是当今医学中最令人兴奋的可能性之一。
