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MICCAI
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
A Nonrigid Image Registration Framework for Identification of Tissue Mechanical Parameters
Abstract. We present a modular framework for mechanically regularized nonrigid image registration of 3D ultrasound and for identification of tissue mechanical parameters. Mechanica...
Petr Jordan, Simona Socrate, Todd E. Zickler, R...
MICCAI
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Weight Preserving Image Registration for Monitoring Disease Progression in Lung CT
We present a new image registration based method for monitoring regional disease progression in longitudinal image studies of lung disease. A free-form image registration technique...
Vladlena Gorbunova, Pechin Lo, Haseem Ashraf, A...
MICCAI
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Physically-Based Validation of Deformable Medical Image Registration
We propose a new approach for validating deformable image registration algorithms. Since difference images do not necessarily reflect the 3D correspondence of organs, we propose to...
Huai-Ping Lee, Ming C. Lin, Mark Foskey
MICCAI
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Fast Musculoskeletal Registration Based on Shape Matching
This paper presents a new method for computing elastic and plastic deformations in the context of discrete deformable model-based registration. Internal forces are estimated by ave...
Benjamin Gilles, Dinesh K. Pai
MICCAI
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Exploring the Use of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition for Enhancing Blood Flow Images Via Computational Fluid Dynamics
Abstract. Obtaining high quality patient-specific flow velocity information is not an easy task. Available clinical data are usually poorly resolved and contain a significant amoun...
Dominik Szczerba, Gábor Székely, Kri...
MICCAI
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Fast Marker Based C-Arm Pose Estimation
Abstract. To estimate the pose of a C-Arm during interventions therapy we have developed a small sized X-Ray Target including a special set of beads with known locations in 3D spac...
Bernhard Kainz, Markus Grabner, Matthias Rüth...
MICCAI
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Robust Image-Based IVUS Pullbacks Gating
Intracoronary UltraSound (IVUS) imaging allows to obtain high resolution images of internal part of coronary arteries. This tool is unique in the possibility to explore internal ve...
Carlo Gatta, Oriol Pujol, Oriol Rodriguez-Leor, ...
MICCAI
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
MRI Compatibility of Robot Actuation Techniques - A Comparative Study
Abstract. This paper reports an experimental evaluation of the following three different MRI-compatible actuators: a Shinsei ultrasonic motor, a Nanomotion ultrasonic motor and a p...
Gregory S. Fischer, Axel Krieger, Iulian Iordach...
MICCAI
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Image Thickness Correction for Navigation with 3D Intra-cardiac Ultrasound Catheter
Abstract. In this paper we present an algorithm to correct 3D reconstruction errors of 3D ultrasound catheter caused by ultrasound image thickness. We also provide a easy way to qu...
Hua Zhong, Takeo Kanade, David Schwartzman
MICCAI
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Spectral Clustering as a Diagnostic Tool in Cross-Sectional MR Studies: An Application to Mild Dementia
Abstract. Structural imaging investigations commonly apply a segmentation step followed by the extraction of feature data that can be used to compare or discriminate groups. We pre...
Paul Aljabar, Daniel Rueckert, William R. Crum