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MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Border Detection on Short Axis Echocardiographic Views Using a Region Based Ellipse-Driven Framework
In this paper, we propose a robust technique that integrates spatial and temporal information for consistent recovery of the endocardium. To account for the low image quality we in...
Maxime Taron, Nikos Paragios, Marie-Pierre Jolly
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Shape-Enhanced Surgical Visualizations and Medical Illustrations with Multi-flash Imaging
Kar-Han Tan, James Kobler, Paul H. Dietz, Ramesh R...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Semi-automatic Endocardial Border Detection Method for 4D Ultrasound Data
We propose a semi-automatic endocardial border detection method for 3D+T cardiac ultrasound data based on pattern matching and dynamic programming, operating on 2D slices of the 3D...
Boudewijn J. Krenning, Charles T. Lancée, G...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
An Uncertainty-Driven Hybrid of Intensity-Based and Feature-Based Registration with Application to Retinal and Lung CT Images
Abstract. A new hybrid of feature-based and intensity-based registration is presented. The algorithm reflects a new understanding of the role of alignment error in the generation o...
Charles V. Stewart, Ying-Lin Lee, Chia-Ling Tsai
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Non-rigid Atlas to Subject Registration with Pathologies for Conformal Brain Radiotherapy
Warping a digital atlas toward a patient image allows the simultaneous segmentation of several structures. This may be of great interest for cerebral images, since the brain contai...
Radu Stefanescu, Olivier Commowick, Grégoir...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Image Registration by Hierarchical Matching of Local Spatial Intensity Histograms
We previously presented a HAMMER image registration algorithm that demonstrated high accuracy in superposition of images from different individual brains. However, the HAMMER regis...
Dinggang Shen
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
An Event-Driven Framework for the Simulation of Complex Surgical Procedures
Existing surgical simulators provide a physical simulation that can help a trainee develop the hand-eye coordination and motor skills necessary for specific tasks, such as cutting ...
Christopher Sewell, Dan Morris, Nikolas H. Blevins...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Accurate Quantification of Small-Diameter Tubular Structures in Isotropic CT Volume Data Based on Multiscale Line Filter Respons
Abstract. A method fully utilizing multiscale line filter responses is presented to estimate the point spread function (PSF) of a CT scanner and diameters of small tubular structur...
Yoshinobu Sato, Shuji Yamamoto, Shinichi Tamura
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Implicit Active Shape Models for 3D Segmentation in MR Imaging
Extraction of structures of interest in medical images is often an arduous task because of noisy or incomplete data. However, handsegmented data are often available and most of the...
Mikaël Rousson, Nikos Paragios, Rachid Derich...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Progressive Attenuation Fields: Fast 2D-3D Image Registration Without Precomputation
This paper introduces the progressive attenuation field (PAF), a method to speed up computation of digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) images during intensity-based 2D-3D regi...
Torsten Rohlfing, Daniel B. Russakoff, Joachim Den...