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MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Biomechanical Model Construction from Different Modalities: Application to Cardiac Images
This article describes a process to include in a volumetric model various anatomical and mechanical information provided by different sources. Three stages are described, namely a ...
Maxime Sermesant, Clement Forest, Xavier Pennec, H...
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Novel Image Similarity Measure for Registration of 3-D MR Images and X-Ray Projection Images
Most existing methods for registration of three-dimensional tomographic images to two-dimensional projection images use simulated projection images and either intensity-based or fe...
Torsten Rohlfing, Calvin R. Maurer Jr.
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Comparison of Cardiac Motion Across Subjects Using Non-rigid Registration
We present a novel technique that enables a direct quantitative comparison of cardiac motion derived from 4D MR image sequences to be made either within or across patients. This is...
Anil Rao, Gerardo I. Sanchez-Ortiz, Raghavendra Ch...
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Evaluation of Image Quality in Medical Volume Visualization: The State of the Art
For applications of volume visualization in medicine, it is important to assure that the 3D images show the true anatomical situation, or at least to know about their limitations. ...
Andreas Pommert, Karl Heinz Höhne
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Incorporating Non-rigid Registration into Expectation Maximization Algorithm to Segment MR Images
Abstract. The paper introduces an algorithm which allows the automatic segmentation of multi channel magnetic resonance images. We extended the Expectation Maximization-Mean Field ...
Kilian M. Pohl, William M. Wells III, Alexandre Gu...
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Robust Registration of Multi-modal Images: Towards Real-Time Clinical Applications
Abstract. High performance computing has become a key step to introduce computer tools, like real-time registration, in the medical field. To achieve real-time processing, one usua...
Radu Stefanescu, Sébastien Ourselin, Xavier...
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Comparative Exudate Classification Using Support Vector Machines and Neural Networks
After segmenting candidate exudates regions in colour retinal images we present and compare two methods for their classification. The Neural Network based approach performs margina...
Alireza Osareh, Majid Mirmehdi, Barry T. Thomas, R...
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Stem Cell Harvesting Manipulator with Flexible Drilling Unit for Bone Marrow Transplantation
Abstract. We present the development of an innovative device (Stem Cell Harvesting Manipulator) to get a donor's hematopoietic stem cells for bone marrow transplantation with ...
Kota Ohashi, Nobuhiko Hata, Tomoko Matsumura, Naok...
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
New Approaches to Estimation of White Matter Connectivity in Diffusion Tensor MRI: Elliptic PDEs and Geodesics in a Tensor-Warpe
Abstract. We investigate new approaches to quantifying the white matter connectivity in the brain using Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging data. Our first approach finds a...
Lauren O'Donnell, Steven Haker, Carl-Fredrik Westi...
MICCAI
2002
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Using an Endoscopic Solo Surgery Simulator for Quantitative Evaluation of Human-Machine Interface in Robotic Camera Positioning
Abstract. An endoscopic solo surgery simulator was designed to quantitatively evaluate human-machine interface in robotic camera positioning systems. Our simulator can assess not o...
Atsushi Nishikawa, Daiji Negoro, Haruhiko Kakutani...