TMI
2011
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2011
—This paper introduces two real-time elastography techniques based on analytic minimization (AM) of regularized cost functions. The first method (1D AM) produces axial strain an...
TMI
2011
12 years 11 months ago
2011
—The 4D extended Cardiac-Torso (XCAT) phantom was developed to provide a realistic and flexible model of the human anatomy and cardiac and respiratory motions for use in medical ...
TMI
2011
12 years 11 months ago
2011
Abstract—Many practical applications require the reconstruction of images from irregularly sampled data. The spline formalism offers an attractive framework for solving this prob...
TMI
2011
12 years 11 months ago
2011
—We consider 3D brain structures as continuous parameterized surfaces and present a metric for their comparisons that is invariant to the way they are parameterized. Past compari...
TMI
2011
12 years 11 months ago
2011
—In this paper, we propose a novel predictive model, active volume model (AVM), for object boundary extraction. It is a dynamic “object” model whose manifestation includes a ...
TMI
2011
12 years 11 months ago
2011
Abstract—Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive, depth-resolved imaging modality that has become a prominent ophthalmic diagnostic technique. We present a semiautoma...
TMI
2011
12 years 11 months ago
2011
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging technique which is now widely established as a powerful tool for diagnosing a variety of cancers. However, PET images are...
TMI
2011
12 years 11 months ago
2011
—Due to the enormous potential and impact that stem cells may have on regenerative medicine, there has been a rapidly growing interest for tools to analyze and characterize the b...
TMI
2011
12 years 11 months ago
2011
Abstract—Backbone anatomical structure detection and labeling is a necessary step for various analysis tasks of the vertebral column. Appearance, shape and geometry measurements ...