TMI
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
Abstract--There is an ongoing debate on how to model diffusivity in fiber crossings. We propose an optimization framework for the selection of a dual tensor model and the set of di...
TMI
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
We present a novel 3-D scalable compression method for medical images with optimized volume of interest (VOI) coding. The method is presented within the framework of interactive te...
TMI
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
Abstract--Doppler echocardiography remains the most extended clinical modality for the evaluation of left ventricular (LV) function. Current Doppler ultrasound methods, however, ar...
TMI
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
As decisions in cardiology increasingly rely on non-invasive methods, fast and precise image processing tools have become a crucial component of the analysis workflow. To the best ...
TMI
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
The greatest impediment to practical adoption of iterative methods for X-ray CT is the computation burden of cone-beam forward and back-projectors. Moreover, forward and back-proje...
TMI
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
We present a novel method for joint reconstruction of both image and motion in positron-emission-tomography (PET). Most other methods separate image from motion estimation: They us...
TMI
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
We propose a nonparametric, probabilistic model for the automatic segmentation of medical images, given a training set of images and corresponding label maps. The resulting inferen...
TMI
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
Abstract--We have developed a novel, model-based active contour algorithm, termed "snakules", for the annotation of spicules on mammography. At each suspect spiculated ma...
TMI
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
Free-breathing image acquisition is desirable in first-pass gadolinium- enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but the breathing movements hinder the direct automatic analysis ...
TMI
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
Abstract--This work provides a model for tubular structures, and devises an algorithm to automatically extract tubular anatomical structures from medical imagery. Our model fits ma...