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The international symposium CAR '87 (the second in a row), held in Berlin in July 1987, focused on the fundamental principles of applying Computer Assisted Radiology (CAR) in health care. CAR includes - - image generation, e.g. CT, MRI, DR and DSR, - storing and transferring images, - image presentation techniques, the analysis and interpretation of images. CAR promotes the cost effection for - transition from analog imaging systems to digital systems, - integration of digital imaging modalities through picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and - the graduated employment of medical work stations for diagnosis, therapy, planning and evaluation. The symposium was intended to serve as a forum for discussion between experts from the medical sciences and from the computer, engineering and physical science disciplines to evaluate the state of the art and research results in the area of CAR.