Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2006: 9th International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 1-6, 2006. Proceedings, Part I

Front Matter....Pages -
Quantitative Vertebral Morphometry Using Neighbor-Conditional Shape Models....Pages 1-8
Anatomically Constrained Deformation for Design of Cranial Implant: Methodology and Validation....Pages 9-16
Open-Curve Shape Correspondence Without Endpoint Correspondence....Pages 17-24
Reconstruction of Patient-Specific 3D Bone Surface from 2D Calibrated Fluoroscopic Images and Point Distribution Model....Pages 25-32
A Pilot Study of Robot-Assisted Cochlear Implant Surgery Using Steerable Electrode Arrays....Pages 33-40
Robot-Assisted Prostate Brachytherapy....Pages 41-49
Design and Validation of an Image-Guided Robot for Small Animal Research....Pages 50-57
GPU Based Real-Time Instrument Tracking with Three Dimensional Ultrasound....Pages 58-65
Shape-Driven 3D Segmentation Using Spherical Wavelets....Pages 66-74
Artificially Enlarged Training Set in Image Segmentation....Pages 75-82
Segmenting Lung Fields in Serial Chest Radiographs Using Both Population and Patient-Specific Shape Statistics....Pages 83-91
4D Shape Priors for a Level Set Segmentation of the Left Myocardium in SPECT Sequences....Pages 92-100
Cell Segmentation Using Coupled Level Sets and Graph-Vertex Coloring....Pages 101-108
3D Histological Reconstruction of Fiber Tracts and Direct Comparison with Diffusion Tensor MRI Tractography....Pages 109-116
Rician Noise Removal in Diffusion Tensor MRI....Pages 117-125
Anisotropy Creases Delineate White Matter Structure in Diffusion Tensor MRI....Pages 126-133
Evaluation of 3-D Shape Reconstruction of Retinal Fundus....Pages 134-141
Comparing the Similarity of Statistical Shape Models Using the Bhattacharya Metric....Pages 142-150
Improving Segmentation of the Left Ventricle Using a Two-Component Statistical Model....Pages 151-158
An Approach for the Automatic Cephalometric Landmark Detection Using Mathematical Morphology and Active Appearance Models....Pages 159-166
Automatic Segmentation of Jaw Tissues in CT Using Active Appearance Models and Semi-automatic Landmarking....Pages 167-174
Morphometric Analysis for Pathological Abnormality Detection in the Skull Vaults of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Girls....Pages 175-182
A Novel Quantitative Validation of the Cortical Surface Reconstruction Algorithm Using MRI Phantom: Issues on Local Geometric Accuracy and Cortical Thickness....Pages 183-190
Multivariate Statistics of the Jacobian Matrices in Tensor Based Morphometry and Their Application to HIV/AIDS....Pages 191-198
Highly Accurate Segmentation of Brain Tissue and Subcortical Gray Matter from Newborn MRI....Pages 199-206
Transformation Model and Constraints Cause Bias in Statistics on Deformation Fields....Pages 207-214
Limits on Estimating the Width of Thin Tubular Structures in 3D Images....Pages 215-222
Toward Interactive User Guiding Vessel Axis Extraction from Gray-scale Angiograms: An Optimization Framework....Pages 223-231
A Statistical Parts-Based Appearance Model of Inter-subject Variability....Pages 232-240
The Entire Regularization Path for the Support Vector Domain Description....Pages 241-248
A New Closed-Form Information Metric for Shape Analysis....Pages 249-256
Feasibility of Patient Specific Aortic Blood Flow CFD Simulation....Pages 257-263
A Model Based Approach for Multi-lead ECG Array Layout Selection....Pages 264-271
Simulation of Acquisition Artefacts in MR Scans: Effects on Automatic Measures of Brain Atrophy....Pages 272-280
Non-rigid 2D-3D Registration with Catheter Tip EM Tracking for Patient Specific Bronchoscope Simulation....Pages 281-288
Anatomical Modelling of the Musculoskeletal System from MRI....Pages 289-296
Towards a Statistical Atlas of Cardiac Fiber Structure....Pages 297-304
A Comparison of Needle Bending Models....Pages 305-312
An Inverse Kinematics Model For Post-operative Knee....Pages 313-320
Online Parameter Estimation for Surgical Needle Steering Model....Pages 321-329
Realistic Simulated MRI and SPECT Databases....Pages 330-337
Extrapolating Tumor Invasion Margins for Physiologically Determined Radiotherapy Regions....Pages 338-346
Simultaneous Stereoscope Localization and Soft-Tissue Mapping for Minimal Invasive Surgery....Pages 347-354
Real-Time Endoscopic Mosaicking....Pages 355-363
Depth Perception – A Major Issue in Medical AR: Evaluation Study by Twenty Surgeons....Pages 364-372
Hybrid Navigation Interface for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery....Pages 373-380
Virtual Fly-Over: A New Visualization Technique for Virtual Colonoscopy....Pages 381-388
Viscoelasticity Modeling of the Prostate Region Using Vibro-elastography....Pages 389-396
Simultaneous Reconstruction of Tissue Attenuation and Radioactivity Maps in SPECT....Pages 397-404
Statistical Finite Element Model for Bone Shape and Biomechanical Properties....Pages 405-411
Fetus Support Manipulator with Flexible Balloon-Based Stabilizer for Endoscopic Intrauterine Surgery....Pages 412-419
Recovery of Surgical Workflow Without Explicit Models....Pages 420-428
Comparison of Control Modes of a Hand-Held Robot for Laparoscopic Surgery....Pages 429-436
“Virtual Touch”: An Efficient Registration Method for Catheter Navigation in Left Atrium....Pages 437-444
Towards Scarless Surgery: An Endoscopic-Ultrasound Navigation System for Transgastric Access Procedures....Pages 445-453
New 4-D Imaging for Real-Time Intraoperative MRI: Adaptive 4-D Scan....Pages 454-461
The Use of Super Resolution in Robotic Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery....Pages 462-469
Modeling the Human Aorta for MR-Driven Real-Time Virtual Endoscopy....Pages 470-477
Adaptive Script Based Animations for Intervention Planning....Pages 478-485
Towards Optimization of Probe Placement for Radio-Frequency Ablation....Pages 486-493
C-arm Tracking and Reconstruction Without an External Tracker....Pages 494-502
Rigid-Flexible Outer Sheath Model Using Slider Linkage Locking Mechanism and Air Pressure for Endoscopic Surgery....Pages 503-510
Combined Endo- and Exoscopic Semi-robotic Manipulator System for Image Guided Operations....Pages 511-518
The Feasibility of MR-Image Guided Prostate Biopsy Using Piezoceramic Motors Inside or Near to the Magnet Isocentre....Pages 519-526
The Role of Insertion Points in the Detection and Positioning of Instruments in Laparoscopy for Robotic Tasks....Pages 527-534
Automatic Localization of Laparoscopic Instruments for the Visual Servoing of an Endoscopic Camera Holder....Pages 535-542
A Novel Robotic Laser Ablation System for Precision Neurosurgery with Intraoperative 5-ALA-Induced PpIX Fluorescence Detection....Pages 543-550
Visual Servoing for Intraoperative Positioning and Repositioning of Mobile C-arms....Pages 551-560
Navigated Three Dimensional Beta Probe for Optimal Cancer Resection....Pages 561-569
Development of Safe Mechanism for Surgical Robots Using Equilibrium Point Control Method....Pages 570-577
Real Time Adaptive Filtering for Digital X-Ray Applications....Pages 578-587
Semiautomatic Volume Conductor Modeling Pipeline for Imaging the Cardiac Electrophysiology Noninvasively....Pages 588-595
Atrial Septal Defect Tracking in 3D Cardiac Ultrasound....Pages 596-603
Intra-operative Volume Imaging of the Left Atrium and Pulmonary Veins with Rotational X-Ray Angiography....Pages 604-611
Phase-Based Registration of Multi-view Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Sequences....Pages 612-619
Carotid Artery Segmentation Using an Outlier Immune 3D Active Shape Models Framework....Pages 620-627
Estimation of Cardiac Hyperelastic Material Properties from MRI Tissue Tagging and Diffusion Tensor Imaging....Pages 628-635
Boosting and Nonparametric Based Tracking of Tagged MRI Cardiac Boundaries....Pages 636-644
A Region Based Algorithm for Vessel Detection in Retinal Images....Pages 645-653
Carotid Artery and Jugular Vein Tracking and Differentiation Using Spatiotemporal Analysis....Pages 654-661
Appearance Models for Robust Segmentation of Pulmonary Nodules in 3D LDCT Chest Images....Pages 662-670
Intensity-Based Volumetric Registration of Contrast-Enhanced MR Breast Images....Pages 671-678
Semi-parametric Analysis of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Using Bayesian P-Splines....Pages 679-686
Segmentation of Brain MRI in Young Children....Pages 687-694
A Learning Based Algorithm for Automatic Extraction of the Cortical Sulci....Pages 695-703
Probabilistic Brain Atlas Encoding Using Bayesian Inference....Pages 704-711
Atlas Stratification....Pages 712-719
Physiome Model Based State-Space Framework for Cardiac Kinematics Recovery....Pages 720-727
Automated Detection of Left Ventricle in 4D MR Images: Experience from a Large Study....Pages 728-735
Pairwise Active Appearance Model and Its Application to Echocardiography Tracking....Pages 736-743
Cardiac Motion Recovery: Continuous Dynamics, Discrete Measurements, and Optimal Estimation....Pages 744-751
HMM Assessment of Quality of Movement Trajectory in Laparoscopic Surgery....Pages 752-759
A Novel MRI Texture Analysis of Demyelination and Inflammation in Relapsing-Remitting Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis....Pages 760-767
Comparison of Different Targeting Methods for Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation....Pages 768-775
Objective Outcome Evaluation of Breast Surgery....Pages 776-783
Automatic Detection and Segmentation of Ground Glass Opacity Nodules....Pages 784-791
Imaging of 3D Cardiac Electrical Activity: A Model-Based Recovery Framework....Pages 792-799
Segmentation of the Surfaces of the Retinal Layer from OCT Images....Pages 800-807
Spinal Crawlers: Deformable Organisms for Spinal Cord Segmentation and Analysis....Pages 808-815
Markerless Endoscopic Registration and Referencing....Pages 816-823
Real-Time Tracking of Contrast Bolus Propagation in Continuously Moving Table MR Angiography....Pages 824-831
Preventing Signal Degradation During Elastic Matching of Noisy DCE-MR Eye Images....Pages 832-839
Automated Analysis of the Mitotic Phases of Human Cells in 3D Fluorescence Microscopy Image Sequences....Pages 840-848
Spline-Based Probabilistic Model for Anatomical Landmark Detection....Pages 849-856
Affine and Deformable Registration Based on Polynomial Expansion....Pages 857-864
Simultaneous Multiple Image Registration Method for T 1 Estimation in Breast MRI Images....Pages 865-872
New CTA Protocol and 2D-3D Registration Method for Liver Catheterization....Pages 873-881
A New Registration/Visualization Paradigm for CT-Fluoroscopy Guided RF Liver Ablation....Pages 882-890
A New Method for CT to Fluoroscope Registration Based on Unscented Kalman Filter....Pages 891-898
Automated 3D Freehand Ultrasound Calibration with Real-Time Accuracy Control....Pages 899-906
Non-rigid Registration of 3D Multi-channel Microscopy Images of Cell Nuclei....Pages 907-914
Fast Deformable Registration of 3D-Ultrasound Data Using a Variational Approach....Pages 915-923
A Log-Euclidean Framework for Statistics on Diffeomorphisms....Pages 924-931
Nonrigid 3D Brain Registration Using Intensity/Feature Information....Pages 932-939
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