In last decades, imaging techniques became central to the diagnostic process providing the medical community with a fast growing amounts of information held in images. This implies developing computational tools which allow a reliable, robust and efficient processing of data and enhanced analysis. Moreover, clinicians may have the need to explore collaborative approaches and to exchange diagnos...

OBJECTIVES Currently, information technology is part of several aspects of our daily life. The objective of this paper is to analyze and discuss the use of information technology in both medical education and/or medical practice. SOURCES Information was gathered through non-systematic bibliographic review, including articles, official regulations, book chapters and annals. Direct search and s...

Medical information is complex: it often contains implicit attributes, internal intricacies, intentional ambiguities, and inaccuracies. One of the greatest challenges to medical computing is the representation of such information in a way that permits symbolic manipulation by computer programs. Clinical systems (defined here as those systems which collect data about and for direct patient care)...