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IPMI
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
PET Image Reconstruction: A Robust State Space Approach
Statistical iterative reconstruction algorithms have shown improved image quality over conventional nonstatistical methods in PET by using accurate system response models and measu...
Huafeng Liu, Yi Tian, Pengcheng Shi
IPMI
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Linearization of Mammograms Using Parameters Derived from Noise Characteristics
A method is proposed for converting digitized mammograms to a normalized representation, in which pixel values are linearly related to the logarithm of x-ray exposure. This method ...
Nico Karssemeijer, Peter R. Snoeren, Wei Zhang
IPMI
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Elastic Shape Models for Interpolations of Curves in Image Sequences
Many applications in image analysis are concerned with the temporal evolution of shapes in video sequences. In situations involving low-contrast, low-quality images, human aid is o...
Shantanu H. Joshi, Anuj Srivastava, Washington Mio
IPMI
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Robust Nonrigid Multimodal Image Registration Using Local Frequency Maps
Automatic multi-modal image registration is central to numerous tasks in medical imaging today and has a vast range of applications e.g., image guidance, atlas construction, etc. ...
Bing Jian, Baba C. Vemuri, José L. Marroqu&...
IPMI
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
PDE-Based Three Dimensional Path Planning for Virtual Endoscopy
Abstract. Three dimensional medial paths or curve skeletons (CS) are an essential component of any virtual endoscopy (VE) system, because they serve as flight paths for a virtual ...
M. Sabry Hassouna, Aly A. Farag
IPMI
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Transitive Inverse-Consistent Manifold Registration
Abstract. This paper presents a new registration method called Transitive InverseConsistent Manifold Registration (TICMR). The TICMR method jointly estimates correspondence maps be...
Xiujuan Geng, Dinesh Kumar, Gary E. Christensen
IPMI
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Robust Active Appearance Model Matching
A novel robust active appearance model (AAM) matching algorithm is presented. The method consists of two main stages. First, initial residuals are clustered by a non parametric mea...
Reinhard Beichel, Horst Bischof, Franz Leberl, Mil...
IPMI
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
ZHARP: Three-Dimensional Motion Tracking from a Single Image Plane
Three-dimensional imaging and quantification of myocardial function are essential steps in the evaluation of cardiac disease. We propose a tagged magnetic resonance imaging method...
Khaled Z. Abd-Elmoniem, Matthias Stuber, Nael F. O...
IPMI
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
A Generalized Level Set Formulation of the Mumford-Shah Functional for Brain MR Image Segmentation
Brain MR image segmentation is an important research topic in medical image analysis area. In this paper, we propose an active contour model for brain MR image segmentation, based ...
Lishui Cheng, Jie Yang, Xian Fan, Yuemin Zhu
IPMI
2005
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Unified Information-Theoretic Approach to Groupwise Non-rigid Registration and Model Building
The non-rigid registration of a group of images shares a common feature with building a model of a group of images: a dense, consistent correspondence across the group. Image regis...
Carole J. Twining, Timothy F. Cootes, Stephen Mars...