@CONFERENCE\{IMM2008-05640,
    author       = "B. Wilkowski and O. Pereira and P. Dias and M. Castro and M. Janicki",
    title        = "{MIAWARE} {SOFTWARE} - {3D} Medical Image Analysis with Automated Reporting Engine and Ontology-based Search",
    year         = "2008",
    month        = "jan",
    keywords     = "Computed axial tomography, Ontology, Radiological report, Image visualization",
    pages        = "201-206",
    booktitle    = "{HEALTHINF} 2008",
    volume       = "2",
    series       = "",
    editor       = "Proceedings of the First International Conference on Health Informatics",
    publisher    = "{INSTICC} Press",
    organization = "",
    address      = "",
    url          = "http://www.healthinf.org",
    abstract     = "This article presents {MIAWARE,} a software for Medical Image Analysis With Automated Reporting Engine,
which was designed and developed for doctor/radiologist assistance. It allows to analyze an image stack from
computed axial tomography scan of lungs (thorax) and, at the same time, to mark all pathologies on images
and report their characteristics. The reporting process is normalized - radiologists cannot describe pathological
changes with their own words, but can only use some terms from a specific vocabulary set provided by the software.
Consequently, a normalized radiological report is automatically generated. Furthermore, {MIAWARE} 
software is accompanied with an intelligent search engine for medical reports, based on the relations between
parts of the lungs. A logical structure of the lungs is introduced to the search algorithm through the specially
developed ontology. As a result, a deductive report search was obtained, which may be helpful for doctors
while diagnosing patients' cases. Finally, the {MIAWARE} software can be considered also as a teaching tool
for future radiologists and physicians.",
    isbn_issn    = "978-989-8111-16-6"
}