Abstract. In this paper we introduce the concept of statistical deformation models (SDM) which allow the construction of average models of the anatomy and their variability. SDMs a...
Daniel Rueckert, Alejandro F. Frangi, Julia A. Sch...
Model-based face analysis is a general paradigm with applications that include face recognition, expression recognition, lip-reading, head pose estimation, and gaze estimation. A f...
Currently, minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) faces several limitations, including inadequate training methods using non-realistic models, insufficient surgery planning usin...
Marcin Wierzbicki, Maria Drangova, Gerard Guiraudo...
Abstract. In this paper, we present a novel multi-stage algorithm for 3D medical image segmentation that is inspired by an improved Fast Marching method and a morphological reconst...
Jianfeng Xu, Lixu Gu, Xiahai Zhuang, Terry M. Pete...
The use of vision based algorithms in minimally invasive surgery has attracted significant attention in recent years due to its potential in providing in situ 3D tissue deformation...
Peter Mountney, Benny P. L. Lo, Surapa Thiemjarus,...