2065	 A Programming System for the On-line Analysis of Biomedical Images	 A preliminary description of the software for a computer-display system is given with special emphasis on the man-machine interaction. This system is intended for a wide variety of biomedical applications. As an example the methods are applied to the karyotyping of chromosomes. The system is separated into four programming tasks picture transformations file maintenance picture structuring and display management. Picture structuring is considered as the vehicle for man-machine communication. A prototype data format for pictures called a picture-form is developed. Structure operators are defined which manipulate picture-forms to produce new pictures-forms. Many of the ideas are taken from the symbolic mathematical laboratory at MIT conceived by Marvin Minsky. image processing biomedical image processing on-line image processing semiautomatic image processing data structure structure operators picture processing biomedical picture processing on-line picture processing semiautomatic picture processing semiautomatic karyotyping karyotyping list processing picture processing
