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The system is intended for use by any health practitioner who has the need for any of the below functions: 1. The software may be used to display medical images. The user may adjust the contrast of the images and image process the images with an edge enhancement algorithm. The user can zoom in on a region of an image, enlarging that region on the display screen. Other image processing functions may be added in the future to allow the user to enhance some aspect of an image, such as histogram processing, spatial filtering, frequency filtering. 2. Images from the same series can be stacked to form a three dimensional model. This will allow the use of the system to reformat images in other planes, such as coronal and sagittal planes. 3. Outlining tools are provided to use the system to outline regions of interest. These outlines may be combined to define three dimensional shapes which can be viewed in three dimensional perspective views. 4. The region of interest outlines may be written back to DICOM formatted image files for export to other systems. 5. The system can be used to determine the stereotactic coordinates of a point located on an image when a stereotactic system is employed. 6. The system may be used to provide support for any stereotactic system that consists of fixed rods which can be uniquely located on CT and MRI images. 7. The system may be used to solve for the transformation between two images sets, referred to as image fusion. 8. A region of interested outlined on one image set may be transferred to a fused image set. 9. The system may be used as a front end to other systems that do not provide image fusion. An example would be outlining a region of interest on MRI scans, transferring the outlines to CT scans, and writing the outlines back into DICOM image files. Those files can be available to other systems such as a radiation therapy treatment planning system. 10. The system may be used to print hardcopy images of selected images, reformatted images, and three dimensional perspective views. 11. Image segmentation tools are provided to create three dimensional structures for viewing in three dimensional perspective views. The intention is also to provide these basic functions as a C++ object library to any party that may wish to use the library to build their own applications. Those customers will be completely responsible for the integration, testing, use of the end product that they produce, and compliance with federal and state regulations.

System 2100 is a software program intended as a medical image display system that performs the following functions: 1. Displays medical images. 2. Can provide image processing and enhancements, such as contrast control, edge enhancement. 3. Can stack images from a series to form a three dimensional model. 4. Provides outlining and segmentation tools. 5. Can display outlined and segmented structures in three dimensional perspective views. 6. Provides generic support for stereotactic frames with the determination of the stereotactic coordinates of a point. 7. Provides three methods for solving for the transformation of coordinates between two image series, referred to as image fusion. The three methods are using stereotactic frames, using common points, and using common surfaces. 8. Can serve as a front end to other systems that do not have image fusion or segmentation methods. 9. Can be used as a means for printing hardcopy of images, reformatted images, and 3d perspective views. 10. Can serve as an object library for university research centers and other vendors (who are then responsible for the use and complying with federal and state regulations).