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MICCAI
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
SMT: Split and Merge Tractography for DT-MRI
Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI) based fiber tractography aims at reconstruction of the fiber network of brain. Most commonly employed techniques for fiber trac...
Ugur Bozkaya, Burak Acar
MICCAI
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Simultaneous Segmentation, Kinetic Parameter Estimation, and Uncertainty Visualization of Dynamic PET Images
Abstract. We develop a segmentation technique for dynamic PET incorporating the physiological parameters for different regions via kinetic modeling. We demonstrate the usefulness o...
Ahmed Saad, Benjamin Smith 0002, Ghassan Hamarneh,...
MICCAI
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Automatic Fetal Measurements in Ultrasound Using Constrained Probabilistic Boosting Tree
Abstract. Automatic delineation and robust measurement of fetal anatomical structures in 2D ultrasound images is a challenging task due to the complexity of the object appearance, ...
Gustavo Carneiro, Bogdan Georgescu, Sara Good, Dor...
MICCAI
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
MCMC Curve Sampling for Image Segmentation
Abstract. We present an algorithm to generate samples from probability distributions on the space of curves. We view a traditional curve evolution energy functional as a negative l...
Ayres C. Fan, John W. Fisher III, William M. Wells...
MICCAI
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Prediction of Respiratory Motion with Wavelet-Based Multiscale Autoregression
In robotic radiosurgery, a photon beam source, moved by a robot arm, is used to ablate tumors. The accuracy of the treatment can be improved by predicting respiratory motion to com...
Floris Ernst, Alexander Schlaefer, Achim Schweikar...
MICCAI
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Coupled Finite Element Model of Tumor Growth and Vascularization
We present a model of solid tumor growth which can account for several stages of tumorigenesis, from the early avascular phase to the angiogenesis driven proliferation. The model c...
Bryn A. Lloyd, Dominik Szczerba, Gábor Sz&e...
MICCAI
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Interactive Contacts Resolution Using Smooth Surface Representation
Accurately describing interactions between medical devices and anatomical structures, or between anatomical structures themselves, is an essential step towards the adoption of comp...
Jérémie Dequidt, Julien Lenoir, Step...
MICCAI
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Real-Time Tissue Tracking with B-Mode Ultrasound Using Speckle and Visual Servoing
We present a method for real-time tracking of moving soft tissue with B-mode ultrasound (US). The method makes use of the speckle information contained in the US images to estimate...
Alexandre Krupa, Gabor Fichtinger, Gregory D. Hage...
MICCAI
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
LV Motion Tracking from 3D Echocardiography Using Textural and Structural Information
Automated motion reconstruction of the left ventricle (LV) from 3D echocardiography provides insight into myocardium architecture and function. Low image quality and artifacts make...
Andriy Myronenko, Xubo B. Song, David J. Sahn
MICCAI
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Towards Subject-Specific Models of the Dynamic Heart for Image-Guided Mitral Valve Surgery
Abstract. Surgeons need a robust interventional system capable of providing reliable, real-time information regarding the position and orientation of the surgical targets and tools...
Cristian A. Linte, Marcin Wierzbicki, John Moore, ...