Using GIS for spatial analysis of rectal lesions in the human body

• Published in: International journal of health geographics Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 11
• Main Authors: Garb, Jane L, Ganai, Sabha, Skinner, Ric, Boyd, Christopher S, Wait, Richard B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 15.03.2007; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Distribution; Geographic information systems; Geographic Information Systems - instrumentation; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - instrumentation; Medical statistics; Methodology; Microsurgery; Proctoscopy - methods; Rectal diseases; Rectal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Rectal Neoplasms - pathology; Rectal Neoplasms - surgery; Rectum - anatomy & histology; Rectum - pathology; Rectum - surgery; Retrospective Studies; Statistics; United States

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been used in a wide variety of applications to integrate data and explore the spatial relationship of geographic features. Traditionally this has referred to features on the surface of the earth. However, it is possible to apply GIS in medicine, at the scale...