This paper presents a Bayesian multi-scale three dimensional deformable template approach based on a medial representation for the segmentation and shape characterization of anatom...
Sarang C. Joshi, Stephen M. Pizer, P. Thomas Fletc...
We develop a new motion planning algorithm for a variant of a Dubins car with binary left/right steering and apply it to steerable needles, a new class of flexible beveltip medica...
Ron Alterovitz, Michael S. Branicky, Kenneth Y. Go...
This study uses a similarity-based elastography method to reconstruct elastic modulus values in a simulation of cancerous tumors in the breast. Four similarity metrics were compar...
Michael I. Miga, Megan Rothney, Chad W. Washington
Tumor segmentation in PET and CT images is notoriously challenging due to the low spatial resolution in PET and low contrast in CT images. In this paper, we proposed a general fram...
Dongfeng Han, John E. Bayouth, Qi Song, Aakant Tau...
Segmentation of surgical devices in fluoroscopic images and in particular of guide-wires is a valuable element during surgery. In cardiac angioplasty, the problem is particularly ...