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MICCAI
2006
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A New CAD System for the Evaluation of Kidney Diseases Using DCE-MRI
Acute rejection is the most common reason of graft failure after kidney transplantation, and early detection is crucial to survive the transplanted kidney function. In this paper, ...
Ayman El-Baz, Rachid Fahmi, Seniha Esen Yuksel, Al...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Comparison of Needle Bending Models
Modeling the deflection of flexible needles is an essential part of needle insertion simulation and path planning. In this paper, three models are compared in terms of accuracy in ...
Ehsan Dehghan, Orcun Goksel, S. E. Salcudean
MICCAI
2006
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Segmentation of Neck Lymph Nodes in CT Datasets with Stable 3D Mass-Spring Models
Abstract. The quantitative assessment of neck lymph nodes in the context of malign tumors requires an ecient segmentation technique for lymph nodes in tomographic 3D datasets. We p...
Bernhard Preim, Gero Strauß, Heiko Seim, Ilk...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Fast Non Local Means Denoising for 3D MR Images
One critical issue in the context of image restoration is the problem of noise removal while keeping the integrity of relevant image information. Denoising is a crucial step to inc...
Pierrick Coupé, Pierre Yger, Christian Bari...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A New Cortical Surface Parcellation Model and Its Automatic Implementation
In this paper, we present an original method that aims at parcellating the cortical surface in regions functionally meaningful, from individual anatomy. The parcellation is obtaine...
Cédric Clouchoux, Olivier Coulon, Jean-Luc ...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Automatic IVUS Segmentation of Atherosclerotic Plaque with Stop & Go Snake
Since the upturn of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) as an imaging technique for the coronary artery system, much research has been done to simplify the complicated analysis of the ...
Ellen J. L. Brunenberg, Oriol Pujol, Bart M. ter H...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Automated 3D Freehand Ultrasound Calibration with Real-Time Accuracy Control
3D ultrasound (US) is an emerging new imaging technology that appeals to more and more applications in intraoperative guidance of computer-assisted surgery. In a freehand US imagin...
Thomas Kuiran Chen, Purang Abolmaesumi, Adrian D. ...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Simulation of Local and Global Atrophy in Alzheimer's Disease Studies
Abstract. We propose a method for atrophy simulation in structural MR images based on finite-element methods, providing data for objective evaluation of atrophy measurement techniq...
Oscar Camara-Rey, Martin Schweiger, Rachael I. Sca...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Simulation of Acquisition Artefacts in MR Scans: Effects on Automatic Measures of Brain Atrophy
Automatic algorithms in conjunction with longitudinal MR brain images can be used to measure cerebral atrophy, which is particularly pronounced in several types of dementia. An atr...
Oscar Camara-Rey, Beatrix I. Sneller, Gerard R. Ri...