This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Visualization in Biomedical Computing, VBC '96, held in Hamburg, Germany, in September 1996.
The 73 revised full papers presented were selected from a total of 232 submissions. The book reports the state of the art in the field of computer based visualization in medicine and biology. The papers are organized in sections on visualization; image processing; segmentation; registration; brain: description of shape; brain: characterization of pathology; brain: visualization of function; simulation of surgery and endoscopy; image guided surgery and endoscopy.
Author(s): Ge Wang, Michael W. Vannier (auth.), Karl Heinz Höhne, Ron Kikinis (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1131
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 616
Tags: Image Processing and Computer Vision; Pattern Recognition; Health Informatics; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
GI tract unraveling in volumetric CT....Pages 1-12
Segmentation of the visible human for high quality volume based visualization....Pages 13-22
Illustrating anatomic models — A semi-interactive approach....Pages 23-32
A fast rendering method using the tree structure of objects in virtualized bronchus endoscope system....Pages 33-42
An optimal ray traversal scheme for visualizing colossal medical volumes....Pages 43-52
A direct multi-volume rendering method. Application to visual assessment of 3-D image registration algorithms....Pages 53-62
Visualization of tissue elasticity by magnetic resonance elastography....Pages 63-68
Accurate vessel depiction with phase gradient algorithm in MR angiography....Pages 69-74
Visualization and labeling of the Visible Human ™ dataset: Challenges & resolves....Pages 75-80
Rebuilding the visible man....Pages 81-86
Image quality improvements in volume rendering....Pages 87-92
Real-time merging of visible surfaces for display and segmentation....Pages 93-98
Cortical peeling: CSF/grey/white matter boundaries visualized by nesting isosurfaces....Pages 99-104
Enhancement of MR images....Pages 105-116
Radiometric correction of color cryosection images for three-dimensional segmentation of fine structures....Pages 117-122
3D reconstruction of cerebral vessels and pathologies from a few biplane digital angiographies....Pages 123-128
Robust 3-D reconstruction and analysis of microstructures from serial histologic sections, with emphasis on microvessels in prostate cancer....Pages 129-134
An extensible MRI simulator for post-processing evaluation....Pages 135-140
Compensation of spatial inhomogeneity in MRI based on a parametric bias estimate....Pages 141-146
Analysis of coupled multi-image information in microscopy....Pages 147-152
Bias field correction of breast MR images....Pages 153-158
Region-growing based feature extraction algorithm for tree-like objects....Pages 159-171
Scale-space boundary evolution initialized by cores....Pages 173-182
Fast, accurate, and reproducible live-wire boundary extraction....Pages 183-192
Automatic segmentation of cell nuclei from confocal laser scanning microscopy images....Pages 193-202
Evaluation of segmentation algorithms for intravascular ultrasound images....Pages 203-212
Fast algorithms for fitting multiresolution hybrid shape models to brain MRI....Pages 213-222
Computer aided screening system for lung cancer based on helical CT images....Pages 223-228
Unsupervised regularized classification of multi-spectral MRI....Pages 229-234
Using an entropy similarity measure to enhance the quality of DSA images with an algorithm based on template matching....Pages 235-240
Automatic segmentation of the brain in MRI....Pages 241-246
Image analysis using modified self-organizing maps: Automated delineation of the left ventricular cavity boundary in serial echocardiograms....Pages 247-252
Analyzing and predicting images through a neural network approach....Pages 253-258
An artificial intelligence approach for automatic interpretation of maxillofacial CT images....Pages 259-264
Fast Fluid Registration of medical images....Pages 265-276
A robust point matching algorithm for autoradiograph alignment....Pages 277-286
Registration updating using marker pins in a video based neurosurgical guidance system (VISLAN)....Pages 287-296
Point-based elastic registration of medical image data using approximating thin-plate splines....Pages 297-306
Cortical constraints for non-linear cortical registration....Pages 307-316
Image guided microscopic surgery system using mutual-information based registration....Pages 317-326
Cross validation of three inter-patients matching methods....Pages 327-336
A new approach to fast elastic alignment with applications to human brains....Pages 337-342
Individualizing anatomical atlases of the head....Pages 343-348
Mutual information for automated multimodal image warping....Pages 349-354
Morphological analysis of brain structures using spatial normalization....Pages 355-360
Three dimensional MR-based morphometric comparison of schizophrenic and normal cerebral ventricles....Pages 361-372
Application of an automatically built 3D morphometric brain atlas: Study of cerebral ventricle shape....Pages 373-382
Visualization and mapping of anatomic abnormalities using a probabilistic brain atlas based on random fluid transformations....Pages 383-392
L-systems for three-dimensional anatomical modelling: Towards a virtual laboratory in anatomy....Pages 393-398
Hierarchical data representation of lung to model morphology and function....Pages 399-404
Visualizing group differences in outline shape: Methods from biometrics of landmark points....Pages 405-410
Visualising cerebral asymmetry....Pages 411-416
Assessing patterns and rates of brain atrophy by serial magnetic resonance imaging: A segmentation, registration, display and quantification procedure....Pages 417-428
Characterisation and classification of brain tumours in three-dimensional MR image sequences....Pages 429-438
Automatic quantification of multiple sclerosis lesion volume using stereotaxic space....Pages 439-448
3D skeleton for virtual colonoscopy....Pages 449-454
Identifying hypometabolism in PET images of the brain: Application to epilepsy....Pages 455-465
Multi-array EEG signals mapped with three dimensional images for clinical epilepsy studies....Pages 467-476
Visualisation of pain by magnetoencephalography in humans....Pages 477-481
Visualization of cat auditory cortical functional organization after electrical stimulation with a multichannel cochlear implant by means of optical imaging....Pages 483-488
The brain bench: Virtual stereotaxis for rapid neurosurgery planning and training....Pages 489-500
A flexible environment for image guided virtual surgery planning....Pages 501-510
An advanced system for the simulation and planning of orthodontic treatments....Pages 511-520
Assessment of several virtual endoscopy techniques using computed tomography and Perspective Volume Rendering....Pages 521-528
Surgery Simulation using Fast Finite Elements....Pages 529-534
Real time volumetric deformable models for surgery simulation....Pages 535-540
Craniofacial surgery simulation....Pages 541-546
Creation and validation of patient specific anatomical models for prostate surgery planning using virtual reality....Pages 547-552
Use of shape for automated, optimized 3D radiosurgical treatment planning....Pages 553-558
MRI guided intranasal flexible micro-endoscopy....Pages 559-570
Computer-assisted insertion of pedicle screws....Pages 571-580
PROBOT — A computer integrated prostatectomy system....Pages 581-590
Towards performing ultrasound-guided needle biopsies from within a head-mounted display....Pages 591-600
Automated multimodality registration using the full affine transformation: Application to MR and CT guided skull base surgery....Pages 601-606
