Parallel algebraic logic (PAL): a dual use technology

Addresses an emerging technology that is applicable to biomedical digital imagery in general. The author specifically addresses mammography as a first application. Researchers in every major university medical center and several national laboratories are experimenting with diagnostic methods in digital mammography that show promise for earlier detection. In most cases, these advanced methods are computationally intensive. Without the aid of advanced, real-time, computing technology such methods are not suitable for a screening system. What is needed is a hardware and software combination that is capable of evaluating all of these promising methodologies. Theoretical studies at the Armament Directorate have shown that the high-speed computing technology being developed for smart weapons may be able to meet the challenge.