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MICCAI
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Empirical Evaluation of Covariance Estimates for Mutual Information Coregistration
Mutual information has become a popular similarity measure in multi-modality medical image registration since it was first applied to the problem in 1995. This paper describes a m...
Paul A. Bromiley, Maja Pokric, Neil A. Thacker
MICCAI
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Precision Freehand Sculpting of Bone
The Precision Freehand Sculptor (PFS) is a compact, handheld, intelligent tool to assist the surgeon in accurately cutting bone. A retractable rotary blade on the PFS allows a comp...
Gabriel Brisson, Takeo Kanade, Anthony M. DiGioia,...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Cervical Cancer Detection Using SVM Based Feature Screening
We present a novel feature screening algorithm by deriving relevance measures from the decision boundary of Support Vector Machines. It alleviates the "independence" assu...
Jiayong Zhang, Yanxi Liu
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Tactile Magnification Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery
The MicroTactus is a family of instruments that we have designed to detect signals arising from the interaction of a tip with soft or hard objects and to magnify them for haptic an...
Hsin-Yun Yao, Vincent Hayward, Randy E. Ellis
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Augmented Vessels for Pre-operative Preparation in Endovascular Treatments
Three-dimensional rotational angiography is a very useful tool for accessing abnormal vascular structures related to a variety of vascular diseases. Quantitative study of the abnor...
Wilbur C. K. Wong, Albert C. S. Chung, Simon C. H....
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
On Normalized Convolution to Measure Curvature Features for Automatic Polyp Detection
Early removal of polyps has proven to decrease the incidence of colon cancer. We aim to increase the sensitivity of the screening by automatic detection of polyps. It requires accu...
Cees van Wijk, Roel Truyen, Rogier E. van Gelder, ...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Parallel Optimization Approaches for Medical Image Registration
Optimization of a similarity metric is an essential component in most medical image registration approaches based on image intensities. The increasing availability of parallel comp...
Mark P. Wachowiak, Terry M. Peters
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Liver Motion Due to Needle Pressure, Cardiac, and Respiratory Motion During the TIPS Procedure
TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt) is an effective treatment for portal hypertension. However, during the procedure, respiration, needle pressure, and possibly ot...
Vijay Venkatraman, Mark H. Van Horn, Susan Weeks, ...