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CAD I

New selective nodule enhancement filter and its application for significant improvement of nodule detection on computed tomography
Qiang Li and Kunio Doi
pp. 1-9
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (611 kB)  ]

System for automatic detection of lung nodules exhibiting growth
Carol L. Novak, Hong Shen, Benjamin L. Odry, Jane P. Ko, and David P. Naidich
pp. 10-21
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (203 kB)  ]

Volumetric analysis of lung nodules using a hybrid algorithm
Elan D. Bomsztyk and Henry Rusinek
pp. 22-29
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (293 kB)  ]

Computerized detection of pulmonary nodules using cellular neural networks in CT images
Xiangwei Zhang, Geoffrey McLennan, Eric A. Hoffman, and Milan Sonka
pp. 30-41
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Multilevel emphysema diagnosis of HRCT lung images in an incremental framework
Mithun N. Prasad and Arcot Sowmya
pp. 42-50
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (420 kB)  ]

CAD II

ROC study of the effects of computer-aided interval change analysis on radiologists' characterization of breast masses in two-view serial mammograms
Lubomir M. Hadjiiski, Mark A. Helvie, Berkman Sahiner, Heang-Ping Chan, Marilyn A. Roubidoux, Alexis Nees, Nicholas Petrick, Caroline Blane, Chintana Paramagul, Janet E. Bailey, Stephanie Patterson, Katherine Klein, Dorit Adler, Michelle Foster, and Joseph Shen
pp. 51-58
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (58 kB)  ]

Performance evaluation of an information-theoretic CAD scheme for the detection of mammographic architectural distortion
Georgia D. Tourassi and Carey E. Floyd, Jr.
pp. 59-66
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (148 kB)  ]

Multimodality CAD: combination of computerized classification techniques based on mammograms and 3D ultrasound volumes for improved accuracy in breast mass characterization
Berkman Sahiner, Heang-Ping Chan, Lubomir M. Hadjiiski, Marilyn A. Roubidoux, Chintana Paramagul, Mark A. Helvie, and Chuan Zhou
pp. 67-74
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (674 kB)  ]

Unsupervised tissue segmentation in screening mammograms for automated breast density assessment
H. Erin Rickard, Georgia D. Tourassi, and Adel S. Elmaghraby
pp. 75-84
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (268 kB)  ]

Effect of projective viewpoint in detecting temporal density changes
Jakob Raundahl, Mads Nielsen, Ole F. Olsen, and Yu Z. Bagger
pp. 85-92
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Correlation of lesions from multiple images for CAD
Hui-Hua Wen, Maryellen L. Giger, Karla Horsch, R. Edward Hendrick, Carl J. Vyborny, and Li Lan
pp. 93-96
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Use of phase and certainty information in automatic detection of stellate patterns in mammograms
Hans Bornefalk
pp. 97-107
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (770 kB)  ]

REGISTRATION I

Normalized similarity measures for medical image registration
Anton Bardera, Miquel Feixas, and Imma Boada
pp. 108-118
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Elastic registration of 3D whole body CT and PET images by quaternion-based interpolation of multiple piecewise linear rigid-body registrations
Vivek S. Walimbe, Vladimir Zagrodsky, Shanker Raja, Bohdan Bybel, Mangesh Kanvinde, and Raj Shekhar
pp. 119-128
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New method to assess the registration of CT-MR images of the head
Ion P. I. Pappas, Puja Malik, Martin A. Styner, Jubei Liu, and Marco Caversaccio
pp. 129-136
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Registration quality evaluator: application to automated patient setup verification in radiotherapy
Jian Wu and Sanjiv S. Samant
pp. 137-142
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Multifeature mutual information
Dejan Tomazevic, Bostjan Likar, and Franjo Pernus
pp. 143-154
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (169 kB)  ]

CAD III: COLON, VASCULATURE, BONE

Automatic identification of colonic polyp in high-resolution CT images
Jamshid Dehmeshki, Hamdan Amin, Wing Wong, Mandana Ebadian Dehkordi, Nahid Kamangari, Mary Roddie, and John Costello
pp. 155-162
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Synthesis of angiographic images using iterative approximation
Kai Eck, Irina Waechter, and Jorg Bredno
pp. 163-171
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Application of the Minkowski functionals in 3D to high-resolution MR images of trabecular bone: prediction of the biomechanical strength by nonlinear topological measures
Holger F. Boehm, Thomas M. Link, Roberto A. Monetti, Dirk Mueller, Ernst J. Rummeny, David Newitt, Sharmila Majumdar, and Christoph W. Raeth
pp. 172-180
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TEXTURE

Analysis of digitized cervical images to detect cervical neoplasia
Daron G. Ferris
pp. 181-194
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A procedure for the evaluation of 2D radiographic texture analysis to assess 3D bone micro-architecture
Lian Apostol, Francoise Peyrin, Sophie Yot, Olivier Basset, Christophe Odet, Joachim Tabary, Jean-Marc Dinten, Elodie Boller, Vincent Boudousq, and Pierre-Olivier Kotzki
pp. 195-206
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Comparing nonlinear texture measures for quantifying trabecular bone structures using surrogates
Christoph W. Rath, Roberto A. Monetti, Dirk Muller, Holger Bohm, Ernst J. Rummeny, and Thomas M. Link
pp. 207-214
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Assessing the biomechanical strength of trabecular bone in vitro using 3D anisotropic nonlinear texture measures: the scaling vector method
Roberto A. Monetti, Holger F. Bohm, Dirk Muller, Ernst J. Rummeny, Thomas M. Link, and Christoph W. Rath
pp. 215-224
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The 3D-based scaling index algorithm to optimize structure analysis of trabecular bone in postmenopausal women with and without osteoporotic spine fractures
Dirk Muller, Roberto A. Monetti, Holger F. Bohm, Jan Bauer, Ernst J. Rummeny, Thomas M. Link, and Christoph W. Rath
pp. 225-232
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SHAPE-MOTION

Correction scheme for multiple correlated statistical tests in local shape analysis
Martin A. Styner and Guido Gerig
pp. 233-240
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (351 kB)  ]

Intrinsic brain surface conformal mapping using a variational method
Yalin Wang, Xianfeng Gu, Tony F. Chan, Paul M. Thompson, and Shing-Tung Yau
pp. 241-252
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Building and using a statistical 3D motion atlas for analyzing myocardial contraction in MRI
Nicolas F. Rougon, Caroline Petitjean, and Francoise J. Preteux
pp. 253-264
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Automatic plaque characterization and vessel wall segmentation in magnetic resonance images of atherosclerotic carotid arteries
Isabel M. Adame, Rob J. van der Geest, Bruce A. Wasserman, Mona Mohamed, Johan H. C. Reiber, and Boudewijn P. F. Lelieveldt
pp. 265-273
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Asymmetry quantization and application to human mandibles
Nanna Glerup, Mads Nielsen, Jon Sporring, and Sven Kreiborg
pp. 274-282
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Shape-based discriminative analysis of combined bilateral hippocampi using multiple object alignment
Li Shen, Fillia Makedon, and Andrew Saykin
pp. 283-293
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REGISTRATION II

Alignment of dynamic contrast-enhanced MR volumes of the breast for a multicenter trial: an exemplar grid application
Yalin Zheng, Christine Tanner, Derek L. G. Hill, David J. Hawkes, Mark J. White, Michael Khazen, and Martin O. Leach
pp. 294-303
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (220 kB)  ]

B-spline registration of 3D images with Levenberg-Marquardt optimization
Sven Kabus, Thomas Netsch, Bernd Fischer, and Jan Modersitzki
pp. 304-313
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (380 kB)  ]

Computerized multiple image analysis on mammograms: performance improvement of nipple identification for registration of multiple views using texture convergence analyses
Chuan Zhou, Heang-Ping Chan, Berkman Sahiner, Lubomir M. Hadjiiski, and Chintana Paramagul
pp. 314-320
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (89 kB)  ]

2D/3D registration using a rotation-invariant cost function based on Zernike moments
Wolfgang Birkfellner, Xinhui Yang, Wolfgang Burgstaller, Bernard Baumann, Augustinus L. Jacob, Peter F. Niederer, Pietro Regazzoni, and Peter Messmer
pp. 321-327
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (193 kB)  ]

Superfast elastic registration of histologic images of a whole rat brain for 3D reconstruction
Stefan Wirtz, Bernd Fischer, Jan Modersitzki, and Oliver Schmitt
pp. 328-334
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Reflectance and fluorescence hyperspectral elastic image registration
Holger Lange, Ross Baker, Johan Hakansson, and Ulf P. Gustafsson
pp. 335-345
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (478 kB)  ]

DEFORMABLE GEOMETRY

Automated 3D and 4D organ delineation for radiation therapy planning in the pelvic area
Michael R. Kaus, Todd McNutt, and Vladimir Pekar
pp. 346-356
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Moving linkage
Herng-Hua Chang
pp. 357-368
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (1674 kB)  ]

Object class uncertainty induced snake with applications to medical image segmentation
Bipul Das, Punam K. Saha, and Felix W. Wehrli
pp. 369-380
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (278 kB)  ]

3D heart motion from single-plane angiography of the coronary vasculature: a model-based approach
Denis Sherknies, Jean Meunier, and Jean-Claude Tardif
pp. 381-389
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (571 kB)  ]

Image-space automatic motion correction for MRI images
Armando Manduca, David S. Lake, Natalia Khaylova, and Richard L. Ehman
pp. 390-397
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (300 kB)  ]

Image segmentation by connected parametrical models
Marko Bukovec, Roel Truyen, Bostjan Likar, Rok Bernard, and Franjo Pernus
pp. 398-409
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SEGMENTATION I

Automatic partitioning of head CTA for enabling segmentation
Srikanth Suryanarayanan, Rakesh Mullick, Yogish Mallya, Vidya Kamath, and Nithin Nagaraj
pp. 410-419
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (952 kB)  ]

Atlas-based method for segmentation of cerebral vascular trees from phase-contrast magnetic resonance angiography
Nicolas Passat, Christian Ronse, Joseph Baruthio, Jean-Paul Armspach, Claude Maillot, and Christine Jahn
pp. 420-431
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (559 kB)  ]

Model-based segmentation of cardiac MRI cine sequences: a Bayesian formulation
Julien Senegas, Chris A. Cocosco, and Thomas Netsch
pp. 432-443
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (378 kB)  ]

Description of brain internal structures by means of spatial relations for MR image segmentation
Olivier Colliot, Oscar Camara, Remi Dewynter, and Isabelle Bloch
pp. 444-455
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Fast automatic delineation of cardiac volume of interest in MSCT images
Cristian Lorenz, Jonathan Lessick, Guy Lavi, Thomas Bulow, and Steffen Renisch
pp. 456-466
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Segmentation and segment connection of obstructed colon
Mario Medved, Roel Truyen, Bostjan Likar, and Franjo Pernus
pp. 467-474
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (160 kB)  ]

Three-dimensional segmentation of the tumor mass in computed tomographic images of neuroblastoma
Hanford J. Deglint, Rangaraj M. Rangayyan, and Graham S. Boag
pp. 475-483
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (391 kB)  ]

SEGMENTATION II

Ultrasound image segmentation using an interacting multiple-model probabilistic data association filter
Purang Abolmaesumi and Mohammad R. Sirouspour
pp. 484-493
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (553 kB)  ]

Medical image segmentation using a simulated charged fluid
Herng-Hua Chang and Daniel J. Valentino
pp. 494-505
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (2040 kB)  ]

Skeletonization for reinitialization in level-set-based vascular tree segmentation
Rashindra Manniesing, Birgitta K. Velthuis, Maarten S. van Leeuwen, and Wiro J. Niessen
pp. 506-514
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (473 kB)  ]

Edge completion from sparse data: a level-set approach
Zhujiang Cao and Benoit M. Dawant
pp. 515-525
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (288 kB)  ]

Segmentation and quantitative evaluation of brain MRI data with a multiphase 3D implicit deformable model
Elsa D. Angelini, Ting Song, Brett D. Mensh, and Andrew Laine
pp. 526-537
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Robust space-time extraction of ventricular surface evolution using multiphase level sets
Corina S. Drapaca, Valerie Cardenas, and Colin Studholme
pp. 538-548
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (380 kB)  ]

PATTERN RECOGNITION-NEURAL NETS

Segmentation of wounds in the combined color-texture feature space
Marina Kolesnik and Alex Fexa
pp. 549-556
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (268 kB)  ]

Fetal head detection and measurement in ultrasound images by an iterative randomized Hough transform
Wei Lu, Jinglu Tan, and Randall C. Floyd
pp. 557-565
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (142 kB)  ]

Improved methods for parameter estimation of mixture Gaussian model using genetic and maximum-likelihood algorithms
Nariman Majdi Nasab, Mostafa Analoui, and Edward J. Delp
pp. 566-576
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (177 kB)  ]

ROC-based determination of the number of clusters for fMRI activation detection
Hesamoddin Jahanian, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, Gholam A. Hossein-Zadeh, and Mohammad-Reza Siadat
pp. 577-586
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Detection of architectural distortion in mammograms using phase portraits
Fabio J. Ayres and Rangaraj M. Rangayyan
pp. 587-597
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (354 kB)  ]

Content-based image retrieval by matching hierarchical attributed region adjacency graphs
Benedikt Fischer, Christian J. Thies, Mark O. Guld, and Thomas M. Lehmann
pp. 598-606
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (195 kB)  ]

Automated identification of temporal pattern with high initial enhancement in dynamic MR lesions using fuzzy c-means algorithm
Weijie Chen, Maryellen L. Giger, and Ulrich Bick
pp. 607-611
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (123 kB)  ]

SEGMENTATION III

Corpus callosum analysis using MDL-based sequential models of shape and appearance
Mikkel B. Stegmann, Rhodri H. Davies, and Charlotte Ryberg
pp. 612-619
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (353 kB)  ]

Efficient optimal surface detection: theory, implementation, and experimental validation
Kang Li, Xiaodong Wu, D. Z. Chen, and Milan Sonka
pp. 620-627
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (574 kB)  ]

Bayesian landmark identification in medical images
Mohammad-Reza Siadat, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, Farshad Fotouhi, and Kost Elisevich
pp. 628-639
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (413 kB)  ]

Delineation operating characteristic (DOC) curve for assessing the accuracy behavior of image segmentation algorithms
Jayaram K. Udupa and Ying Zhuge
pp. 640-647
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (174 kB)  ]

Comparative study of retinal vessel segmentation methods on a new publicly available database
Meindert Niemeijer, Joes Staal, Bram van Ginneken, Marco Loog, and Michael D. Abramoff
pp. 648-656
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (696 kB)  ]

Edge-preserving smoothing and segmentation of 4D images via transversely isotropic scale-space processing and fingerprint analysis
Bryan W. Reutter, V. Ralph Algazi, Grant T. Gullberg, and Ronald H. Huesman
pp. 657-665
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TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION

Efficient NUFFT-based direct Fourier algorithm for fan beam CT reconstruction
Silvia De Francesco and Augusto M. Ferreira da Silva
pp. 666-677
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (361 kB)  ]

Image reconstruction in asymmetric fan-beam scans with spatially varying focal lengths
Lifeng Yu, Xiaochuan Pan, and Charles A. Pelizzari
pp. 678-684
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (434 kB)  ]

Elimination of direct derivative along source trajectory for accurate image reconstruction in helical cone-beam CT
Yu Zou and Xiaochuan Pan
pp. 685-689
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (157 kB)  ]

Automatic phase point determination for cardiac CT imaging
Robert Manzke, Michael Grass, Tim Nielsen, Thomas Koehler, and David J. Hawkes
pp. 690-700
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Helical cone beam reconstruction using rotated 1D ramp filtering
Xiangyang Tang
pp. 701-710
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (343 kB)  ]

Algebraic tomosynthesis reconstruction
Beilei Wang, Kenneth Barner, and Denny Lee
pp. 711-718
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (84 kB)  ]

RESTORATION

Self-navigated motion correction using moments of spatial projections in radial MRI
Edward B. Welch, Phillip J. Rossman, Joel P. Felmlee, and Armando Manduca
pp. 719-725
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (498 kB)  ]

Blind recovery of biochemical markers of brain cancer in MRSI
Shuyan Du, Xiangling Mao, Dikoma Shungu, and Paul Sajda
pp. 726-733
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (187 kB)  ]

MRI intensity nonuniformity correction using simultaneously spatial and gray-level histogram information
Julien Milles, Yue Min Zhu, Nankuei Chen, Lawrence P. Panych, Gerard Gimenez, and Charles R. Guttmann
pp. 734-742
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (293 kB)  ]

Removal of intensity bias in magnitude spin-echo MRI images by nonlinear diffusion filtering
Alexei A. Samsonov and Chris R. Johnson
pp. 743-752
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (392 kB)  ]

Tensor-scale-based diffusive filtering of medical images
Punam K. Saha
pp. 753-764
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (5595 kB)  ]

Generalized scale: theory, algorithms, and application to image inhomogeneity correction
Anant Madabhushi, Jayaram K. Udupa, and Andre Souza
pp. 765-776
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (767 kB)  ]

POSTER SESSION

New results in computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) of breast cancer using a recently developed SVM/GRNN Oracle hybrid
Walker H. Land, Jr., Lut Wong, Daniel W. McKee, Timothy Masters, Frances R. Anderson, Anurag Raturi, and Joseph Y. Lo
pp. 777-784
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (77 kB)  ]

Comparison of automatic time curve selection methods for breast MR CAD
Tanya L. Niemeyer, Chris Wood, Keith C. Stegbauer, and Justin P. Smith
pp. 785-790
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (44 kB)  ]

Automated detection of pulmonary nodules from whole lung helical CT scans: performance comparison for isolated and attached nodules
Andinet A. Enquobahrie, Anthony P. Reeves, David F. Yankelevitz, and Claudia I. Henschke
pp. 791-800
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (476 kB)  ]

Development and application of a segmentation routine in a mammographic mass CAD system
David M. Catarious, Jr., Alan H. Baydush, and Carey E. Floyd, Jr.
pp. 801-809
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (1179 kB)  ]

Computer-assisted diagnosis of mammographic masses using an information-theoretic image retrieval scheme with BIRADs-based relevance feedback
Georgia D. Tourassi and Carey E. Floyd, Jr.
pp. 810-817
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (130 kB)  ]

Application of the LDM algorithm to identify small lung nodules on low-dose MSCT scans
Binsheng Zhao, Michelle S. Ginsberg, Robert A. Lefkowitz, Li Jiang, Cathleen Cooper, and Lawrence H. Schwartz
pp. 818-823
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (243 kB)  ]

Improvement in automated detection of pulmonary nodules on helical x-ray CT images
Yongbum Lee, Du-Yih Tsai, Takeshi Hara, Hiroshi Fujita, Shigeki Itoh, and Takeo Ishigaki
pp. 824-832
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (246 kB)  ]

A reconstruction-independent method for computerized mass detection in digital tomosynthesis images of the breast
Ingrid S. Reiser, Emil Y. Sidky, Maryellen L. Giger, Robert M. Nishikawa, Elizabeth A. Rafferty, Daniel B. Kopans, Richard Moore, and Tao Wu
pp. 833-838
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (535 kB)  ]

New high-performance CAD scheme for the detection of polyps in CT colonography
Janne Nappi, Hans Frimmel, Abraham Dachman, and Hiroyuki Yoshida
pp. 839-848
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (273 kB)  ]

Automated detection and classification of interstitial lung diseases from low-dose CT images
Bin Zheng, Joseph K. Leader, Carl R. Fuhrman, Frank C. Sciurba, and David Gur
pp. 849-856
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (157 kB)  ]

Method for breast cancer classification based solely on morphological descriptors
Catherine A. Todd and Golshah Naghdy
pp. 857-867
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (208 kB)  ]

Multiscale entropy analysis in dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI
Andreas Degenhard, Marc Mutz, Tim W. Nattkemper, Axel Saalbach, Thorsten Twellmann, Mark J. White, Michael Khazen, Linda Pointon, and Martin O. Leach
pp. 868-879
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (279 kB)  ]

Breast cancer classification improvements using a new kernel function with evolutionary-programming-configured support vector machines
Walker H. Land, Jr., Daniel W. McKee, Frances R. Anderson, and Joseph Y. Lo
pp. 880-887
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (78 kB)  ]

Classification of cardiac-related artifacts in dynamic contrast breast MRI
Keith C. Stegbauer, Justin P. Smith, Tanya L. Niemeyer, and Chris Wood
pp. 888-895
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (185 kB)  ]

The comparative evaluation of lung test based on 2- and 10-mm thickness multislice CT image
Daiki Nishioka, Mitsuru Kubo, Yoshiki Kawata, Noboru Niki, Hironobu Ohmatsu, Ryutaro Kakinuma, Masahiro Kaneko, Masahiro Kusumoto, Kenji Eguchi, Kiyoshi Mori, Noriyuki Moriyama, and Hiroyuki Nishiyama
pp. 896-903
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A computerized scheme of SARS detection in early stage based on chest image of digital radiograph
Zhong Zheng, Rihui Lan, and Guozheng Lv
pp. 904-914
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (251 kB)  ]

Automated detection system for pulmonary emphysema on 3D chest CT images
Takeshi Hara, Akira Yamamoto, Xiangrong Zhou, Shingo Iwano, Shigeki Itoh, Hiroshi Fujita, and Takeo Ishigaki
pp. 915-919
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Automated detection method for architectural distortion areas on mammograms based on morphological processing and surface analysis
Tetsuko Ichikawa, Tomoko Matsubara, Takeshi Hara, Hiroshi Fujita, Tokiko Endo, and Takuji Iwase
pp. 920-925
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Basic study for automatic recognition of osteoporosis using abdominal x-ray CT images
Sadamitsu Nishihara, Hiroshi Fujita, Tadayuki Iida, Atsushi Takigawa, Takeshi Hara, and Xiangrong Zhou
pp. 926-933
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (167 kB)  ]

Semi-automatic segmentation and quantification of the internal carotid artery from 3D contrast-enhanced MR angiograms
Cornelis M. van Bemmel and Wiro J. Niessen
pp. 934-943
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Classification of melanoma using wavelet-transform-based optimal feature set
Ronn P. Walvick, Ketan Patel, Sachin V. Patwardhan, and Atam P. Dhawan
pp. 944-951
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Computerized classification of microcalcifications on mammograms using fuzzy logic and genetic algorithm
Yongbum Lee and Du-Yih Tsai
pp. 952-959
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Classification of microscopic images of breast tissue
Lucia Ballerini and Lennart Franzen
pp. 960-971
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (607 kB)  ]

Computer-aided detection and diagnosis of colon polyps with morphological and texture features
Zigang Wang, Lihong Li, Joseph Anderson, Donald P. Harrington, and Zhengrong Liang
pp. 972-979
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Eigen nodule: view-based recognition of lung nodule in chest x-ray CT images using subspace method
Yoshihiko Nakamura, Gentaro Fukano, Hotaka Takizawa, Shinji Mizuno, Shinji Yamamoto, Tohru Matsumoto, Yukio Tateno, and Takeshi Iinuma
pp. 980-984
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Potential improvement of computerized classification for malignant versus benign mammographic microcalcification clusters with the use of special views
Sophie Paquerault, Laura M. Yarusso, and John Papaioannou
pp. 985-991
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Computer-aided detection of breast masses on full-field digital mammograms: false positive reduction using gradient field analysis
Jun Wei, Berkman Sahiner, Lubomir M. Hadjiiski, Heang-Ping Chan, Nicholas Petrick, Mark A. Helvie, Chuan Zhou, and Zhanyu Ge
pp. 992-998
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Three-class classification in computer-aided diagnosis of breast cancer by support vector machine
Xuejun Sun, Wei Qian, and Dansheng Song
pp. 999-1007
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (158 kB)  ]

Image-guided decision support system for pulmonary nodule classification in 3D thoracic CT images
Yoshiki Kawata, Noboru Niki, Hironobu Ohmatsu, Masahiro Kusumoto, Ryutaro Kakinuma, Kiyoshi Mori, Kozo Yamada, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Kenji Eguchi, Masahiro Kaneko, and Noriyuki Moriyama
pp. 1008-1017
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Classification of burn wounds using support vector machines
Begona Acha, Carmen Serrano, Sergio Palencia, and Juan Jose Murillo
pp. 1018-1025
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Evaluation of Bayesian network to classify clustered microcalcifications
Ana C. Patrocinio, Homero Schiabel, and Roseli A. F. Romero
pp. 1026-1033
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Computerized detection and 3-way classification of breast lesions on ultrasound images
Karen Drukker, Darrin C. Edwards, Maryellen L. Giger, Robert M. Nishikawa, and Charles E. Metz
pp. 1034-1041
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Removing radiopaque artifacts from mammograms using area morphology
Michael A. Wirth, Jennifer Lyon, Dennis Nikitenko, and Alexei Stapinski
pp. 1042-1053
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Nonlinear enhancement of mammograms using area morphology
Michael A. Wirth, Jennifer Lyon, and Dennis Nikitenko
pp. 1054-1065
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (443 kB)  ]

Smoothing lung segmentation surfaces in 3D x-ray CT images using anatomic guidance
Soumik Ukil and Joseph M. Reinhardt
pp. 1066-1075
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Computer-aided detection of lung nodules: false positive reduction using a 3D gradient field method
Zhanyu Ge, Berkman Sahiner, Heang-Ping Chan, Lubomir M. Hadjiiski, Jun Wei, Naama Bogot, Philip N. Cascade, Ella A. Kazerooni, and Chuan Zhou
pp. 1076-1082
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Nodule detection algorithm based on multislice CT images for lung cancer screening
Shinsuke Saita, Tomokazu Oda, Mitsuru Kubo, Yoshiki Kawata, Noboru Niki, Michizou Sasagawa, Hironobu Ohmatsu, Ryutaro Kakinuma, Masahiro Kaneko, Masahiro Kusumoto, Kenji Eguchi, Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Kiyoshi Mori, and Noriyuki Moriyama
pp. 1083-1090
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Automatic slice image matching algorithm for comparative reading using data of the pulmonary structure
Takuya Yamamoto, Mitsuru Kubo, Noboru Niki, Kenji Eguchi, Hironobu Ohmatsu, Ryutaro Kakinuma, Masahiro Kaneko, Masahiro Kusumoto, Noriyuki Moriyama, Kiyoshi Mori, and Hiroyuki Nishiyama
pp. 1091-1100
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CAD system for lung cancer CT screening
Yuya Takeda, Masatsugu Tamaru, Yoshiki Kawata, Mitsuru Kubo, Noboru Niki, Hironobu Ohmatsu, Ryutaro Kakinuma, Masahiro Kaneko, Masahiro Kusumoto, Kenji Eguchi, Noriyuki Moriyama, Kiyoshi Mori, and Hiroyuki Nishiyama
pp. 1101-1108
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Suppression of the contrast of ribs in chest radiographs by means of massive training artificial neural network
Kenji Suzuki, Hiroyuki Abe, Feng Li, and Kunio Doi
pp. 1109-1119
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Slice-to-volume registration using mutual information between probabilistic image classifications
Adam G. Chandler, Thomas Netsch, Chris A. Cocosco, Julia A. Schnabel, and David J. Hawkes
pp. 1120-1129
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Mutual-information-based registration for ultrasound and CT datasets
Evelyn A. Firle, Stefan Wesarg, and Christian Dold
pp. 1130-1138
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (282 kB)  ]

Enhancement of lung nodule detection in temporal thoracic CT
Shih-Chung B. Lo, J. J. Lin, Li-Yueh Hsu, Yuan Ming F. Lure, Matthew T. Freedman, Ruiping Li, and Hui Zhao
pp. 1139-1144
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Transitive nonrigid image registration: application to cardiac MR image sequences
Oskar Skrinjar, Yi-Yu Chou, and Hemant Tagare
pp. 1145-1151
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Finite-element method for intermodality nonrigid breast registration using external skin markers
Ioana L. Coman, Andrzej Krol, James A. Mandel, Karl G. Baum, Min Luo, Edward D. Lipson, and David H. Feiglin
pp. 1152-1155
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Novel digital subtraction CT angiography based on 3D registration and refinement
Sung Min Kwon, Yong Sun Kim, Tae-Sung Kim, Dong Ik Kim, and Jong Beom Ra
pp. 1156-1165
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Synchronization of pulmonary scintigraphy by respiratory flow and by impedance plethysmography
Olivier Guivarc'h, Alexandre Turzo, Dimitris Visvikis, and Yves Bizais
pp. 1166-1175
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Artifact reduction in mutual-information-based CT-MR image registration
Mingxiu Wei, Jundong Liu, and Junhong Liu
pp. 1176-1186
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Optimal grid point selection for improved nonrigid medical image registration
Clinton Fookes and Anthony Maeder
pp. 1187-1194
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Registration of fast cine cardiac MR slices to 3D preprocedural images: toward real-time registration for MRI-guided procedures
Renata Smolikova, Mark P. Wachowiak, and Maria Drangova
pp. 1195-1205
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Motion correction for CT angiography quality enhancement
Helen Hong, Ho Lee, and Yeong-Gil Shin
pp. 1206-1215
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Dense deformation field estimation for brain intraoperative images registration
Mathieu S. De Craene, Aloys du Bois d'Aische, Ion-Florin Talos, Matthieu Ferrant, Peter M. Black, Ferenc Jolesz, Ron Kikinis, Benoit Macq, and Simon K. Warfield
pp. 1216-1224
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Novel method to automatically identify medial node correspondences between two images
Robert J. Tamburo, C. Aaron Cois, Damion Shelton, and George Stetten
pp. 1225-1235
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Smart point landmark distribution for thin-plate splines
John P. Lewis, Hea-Juen Hwang, Ulrich Neumann, and Reyes Enciso
pp. 1236-1243
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Compensating for distortion caused by marker susceptibility in MR images
Ning Xu, Duane A. Yoder, J. Michael Fitzpatrick, and Cynthia B. Paschal
pp. 1244-1253
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Parameterization of 3D brain structures for statistical shape analysis
Litao Zhu and Tianzi Jiang
pp. 1254-1261
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Regulated morphology approach to fuzzy shape analysis with application to blood vessel extraction in thoracic CT scans
Changhua Wu, Gady Agam, Arunabha S. Roy, and Samuel G. Armato III
pp. 1262-1270
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Prediction of the location of the lumbar aorta using the first four lumbar vertebrae as a predictor
Lars B. Conrad-Hansen, Jakob Raundahl, Laszlo B. Tanko, and Mads Nielsen
pp. 1271-1281
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A contour-based approach for invariant shape description
Evgeny Gladilin
pp. 1282-1291
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The degree of order determined by local conditional entropy: a new technique to assess osteoporotic changes of trabecular networks
Wolfram H. W. Timm, Claus C. Gluer, and Gerald Sommer
pp. 1292-1303
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Using a shape model in the design of hearing aids
Rasmus R. Paulsen, Claus Nielsen, Soren Laugesen, and Rasmus Larsen
pp. 1304-1311
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Automated robust generation of compact 3D statistical shape models
Tomaz Vrtovec, Bostjan Likar, Dejan Tomazevic, and Franjo Pernus
pp. 1312-1323
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Fast and effective characterization of 3D region of interest in medical image data
Despina Kontos and Vasileios Megalooikonomou
pp. 1324-1331
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Curvature estimation of arbitrary discrete 3D surfaces using partial derivatives based on distance maps
Xiangwei Zhang and Milan Sonka
pp. 1332-1340
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A 3D statistical shape model of the pelvic bone for segmentation
Hans Lamecker, Martin Seebass, Hans-Christian Hege, and Peter Deuflhard
pp. 1341-1351
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Motion-compensated defect interpolation for flat-panel detectors
Til Aach, Erhardt Barth, and Claudia Mayntz
pp. 1352-1363
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (561 kB)  ]

Automatic tracking of proteins in sequences of fluorescencce images
Xia Li, Mingming Hao, David W. Piston, and Benoit M. Dawant
pp. 1364-1371
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (207 kB)  ]

Three-dimensional finite element model for lesion correspondence in breast imaging
Yan Qiu, Lihua Li, Dmitry Goldgof, Sudeep Sarkar, Sorin Anton, and Robert A. Clark
pp. 1372-1379
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Modality-independent elastography: preliminary results
Chad W. Washington and Michael I. Miga
pp. 1380-1387
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Segmentation of the left ventricle in 4D-dSPECT data using free-form deformation of super quadrics
Regina Pohle, Melanie Wegner, Karsten Rink, Klaus D. Toennies, Anna Celler, and Stephan Blinder
pp. 1388-1394
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (129 kB)  ]

A coordinate-free method for the analysis of 3D facial change
Zhili Mao, Jan Paul Siebert, W. Paul Cockshott, and Ashraf Farouk Ayoub
pp. 1395-1402
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Evaluation of algorithms for segmentation of the prostate boundary from 3D ultrasound images
Hanif M. Ladak, Mingyue Ding, Yunqiu Wang, Ning Hu, Donal B. Downey, and Aaron Fenster
pp. 1403-1410
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Fluorescence demarcation of basal cell carcinoma controlled by histopathological mapping
Marica B. Ericson, Charlotta Berndtsson, Bo Stenquist, Lena Molne, Olle Larko, Ann-Marie Wennberg, and Arne Rosen
pp. 1411-1418
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (717 kB)  ]

Accurate colon residue detection algorithm with partial volume segmentation
Xiang Li, Zhengrong Liang, PengPeng Zhang, and Gerald J. Kutcher
pp. 1419-1426
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Automatic and exam-type independent algorithm for the segmentation and extraction of foreground, background, and anatomy regions in digital radiographic images
Xiaohui Wang and Hui Luo
pp. 1427-1434
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Liver segment approximation in CT data for surgical resection planning
Reinhard Beichel, Thomas Pock, Christian Janko, Roman B. Zotter, Bernhard Reitinger, Alexander Bornik, Kalman Palagyi, Erich Sorantin, Georg Werkgartner, Horst Bischof, and Milan Sonka
pp. 1435-1446
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (458 kB)  ]

Lung field segmentation from thin-slice CT scans in presence of severe pathology
Ingrid C. Sluimer, Meindert Niemeijer, and Bram van Ginneken
pp. 1447-1455
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Evaluation of thresholding techniques for segmenting scaffold images in tissue engineering
Srinivasan Rajagopalan, Michael J. Yaszemski, and Richard A. Robb
pp. 1456-1465
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Automatic liver contour segmentation using GVF snake
Fan Liu, Binsheng Zhao, Peter Kijewski, Michelle S. Ginsberg, Liang Wang, and Lawrence H. Schwartz
pp. 1466-1473
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Algorithmic solutions for live device-to-vessel match
Jorg Bredno, Barbara Martin-Leung, and Kai Eck
pp. 1486-1497
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (930 kB)  ]

Formal extraction of biomedical objects by subgraph matching in attributed hierarchical region adjacency graphs
Christian J. Thies, Volker H. Metzler, Thomas M. Lehmann, and Til Aach
pp. 1498-1508
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Comparative study of dissimilarity measures for histogram-based tracking in echocardiography
Etienne Mangonaux, Xiang S. Zhou, and Dorin Comaniciu
pp. 1509-1518
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A new algorithm for local surface smoothing with application to chest wall nodule segmentation in lung CT data
Hong Shen, Bernhard Goebel, and Benjamin L. Odry
pp. 1519-1526
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Multirigid registration of MR and CT images of the cervical spine
Yangqiu Hu and David R. Haynor
pp. 1527-1538
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (649 kB)  ]

Application of a fuzzy inference system to the quantification of 3D magnetic resonance imaging of breast tissue
Julio Carballido-Gamio, Catherine Klifa, Sharmila Majumdar, and Nola Hylton
pp. 1539-1547
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (235 kB)  ]

Tuning kernel function parameters of support vector machines for segmentation of lung disease patterns in high-resolution computed tomography images
Alena Shamsheyeva and Arcot Sowmya
pp. 1548-1557
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An automatic algorithm for rapid and accurate extraction of the human ventricular system from T2-weighted MR images
Hui Tian, Su Huang, Qingmao Hu, Aamer Aziz, and Wieslaw L. Nowinski
pp. 1558-1569
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (781 kB)  ]

Adaptive thresholding image series from fluorescence confocal scanning laser microscope using orientation intensity profiles
Judy J. Feng, Horace H. Ip, and Shuk H. Cheng
pp. 1570-1577
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Integrated region and edge segmentation using information divergence measures
Lyndon S. Hibbard
pp. 1578-1589
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (459 kB)  ]

An extraction algorithm of pulmonary fissures from multislice CT image
Shinsuke Saita, Motokatsu Yasutomo, Mitsuru Kubo, Yoshiki Kawata, Noboru Niki, Kenji Eguchi, Hironobu Ohmatsu, Ryutaro Kakinuma, Masahiro Kaneko, Masahiro Kusumoto, Noriyuki Moriyama, and Michizou Sasagawa
pp. 1590-1597
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Towards an automatic tumor segmentation using iterative watersheds
Matei Mancas and Bernard Gosselin
pp. 1598-1608
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (834 kB)  ]

Segmentation of vessels: the corkscrew algorithm
Stefan Wesarg and Evelyn A. Firle
pp. 1609-1620
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (782 kB)  ]

Automated analysis of the distributions and geometries of blood vessels on retinal fundus images
Yuji Hatanaka, Takeshi Hara, Hiroshi Fujita, Masaru Aoyama, Hideya Uchida, and Testuya Yamamoto
pp. 1621-1628
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (312 kB)  ]

Automatic recognition of lung lobes and fissures from multislice CT images
Xiangrong Zhou, Tatsuro Hayashi, Takeshi Hara, Hiroshi Fujita, Ryujiro Yokoyama, Takuji Kiryu, and Hiroaki Hoshi
pp. 1629-1633
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (83 kB)  ]

Automated segmentations of skin, soft-tissue, and skeleton, from torso CT images
Xiangrong Zhou, Takeshi Hara, Hiroshi Fujita, Ryujiro Yokoyama, Takuji Kiryu, and Hiroaki Hoshi
pp. 1634-1639
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (194 kB)  ]

Automatic segmentation of cerebral ischemic lesions from diffusion tensor MR images
Wu Li, Jie Tian, and Jianping Dai
pp. 1640-1649
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (297 kB)  ]

A fast 3D region growing approach for CT angiography applications
Zhen Ye, Zhongmin Lin, and Cheng-chang Lu
pp. 1650-1657
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (225 kB)  ]

Automatic segmentation of the liver in CT images using the watershed algorithm based on morphological filtering
Seong-Jae Lim, Yong-Yeon Jeong, Chil-Woo Lee, and Yo-Sung Ho
pp. 1658-1666
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (186 kB)  ]

Efficient segmentation of 3D fluoroscopic datasets from mobile C-arm
Martin A. Styner, Haydar Talib, Digvijay Singh, and Lutz-Peter Nolte
pp. 1667-1678
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (849 kB)  ]

A method for size estimation for small objects and its application in brachytherapy seed identification
Yi Su, Brian J. Davis, and Richard A. Robb
pp. 1679-1684
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (86 kB)  ]

Multiresolution active contour model applied on lung and colon images
Jamshid Dehmeshki, Musib Siddique, Wing Wong, and Irina Chis Ster
pp. 1685-1694
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (179 kB)  ]

Measuring tumor burden: comparison of automatic and manual techniques
Binsheng Zhao, Lawrence H. Schwartz, Robert A. Lefkowitz, and Liang Wang
pp. 1695-1700
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Comparison of different follow-up lung registration methods with and without segmentation
Thomas Blaffert and Rafael Wiemker
pp. 1701-1708
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (262 kB)  ]

Consistent interactive segmentation of pulmonary ground glass nodules identified in CT studies
Li Zhang, Ming Fang, David P. Naidich, and Carol L. Novak
pp. 1709-1719
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (1258 kB)  ]

Analysis of arterial subtrees affected by pulmonary emboli
Atilla P. Kiraly, Eric Pichon, David P. Naidich, and Carol L. Novak
pp. 1720-1729
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (398 kB)  ]

Automatic nevi segmentation using adaptive mean shift filters and feature analysis
Michael A. King, Tim K. Lee, M. Stella Atkins, and David I. McLean
pp. 1730-1737
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (98 kB)  ]

Improving the segmentation of therapy-induced leukoencephalopathy using apriori information and a gradient magnitude threshold
John O. Glass, Wilburn E. Reddick, Cara Reeves, and Ching-Hon Pui
pp. 1738-1745
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (106 kB)  ]

Method for retinal vessel detection and diameter measurement
Xiaokun Li, Tong Fang, Jenn-Kwei Tyan, and Ming Fang
pp. 1746-1754
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (489 kB)  ]

Segmentation and quantitative analysis of the living tumor cells using large-scale digital cell analysis system
Fuxing Yang, Michael A. Mackey, Fiorenza Ianzini, Greg M. Gallardo, and Milan Sonka
pp. 1755-1763
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (385 kB)  ]

Multiple sclerosis lesion quantification in MR images by using vectorial scale-based relative fuzzy connectedness
Ying Zhuge, Jayaram K. Udupa, and Laszlo G. Nyul
pp. 1764-1773
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (299 kB)  ]

Knee cartilage extraction and bone-cartilage interface analysis from 3D MRI data sets
Jose G. Tamez-Pena, Monica Barbu-McInnis, and Saara Totterman
pp. 1774-1784
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (831 kB)  ]

Performance evaluation of multiscale vessel enhancement filtering
Paul F. Hemler, Evan S. McCreedy, and Matthew J. McAuliffe
pp. 1785-1794
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (358 kB)  ]

White matter tractography based on minimizing the tracking cost model from diffusion tensor MRI
Wu Li, Jie Tian, and Jianping Dai
pp. 1795-1803
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (230 kB)  ]

Ventriculogram segmentation using boosted decision trees
John A. McDonald and Florence H. Sheehan
pp. 1804-1814
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (148 kB)  ]

Development of an automated detection system for microcalcifications on mammograms by using the higher-order autocorrelation features
Yoshitaka Ohe, Norimitsu Shinohara, Takeshi Hara, Hiroshi Fujita, Tokiko Endo, and Takuji Iwase
pp. 1815-1822
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (167 kB)  ]

Wavelet-enhanced appearance modeling
Mikkel B. Stegmann, Soren Forchhammer, and Timothy F. Cootes
pp. 1823-1832
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (407 kB)  ]

A multispectral digital Cervigram analyzer in the wavelet domain for early detection of cervical cancer
Shuyu Yang, Jiangling Guo, Philip S. King, Y. Sriraja, Sunanda Mitra, Brian Nutter, Daron Ferris, Mark Schiffman, Jose Jeronimo, and Rodney Long
pp. 1833-1844
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (368 kB)  ]

Performance comparison of fundamental anisotropic diffusion algorithms
Bulent Bayraktar and Mostafa Analoui
pp. 1845-1851
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (129 kB)  ]

New iterative gridding algorithm using conjugate gradient method
Xuguang Jiang and Daniel Thedens
pp. 1852-1861
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (740 kB)  ]

Markov random field restoration of point correspondences for active shape modeling
Klaus B. Hilger, Rasmus R. Paulsen, and Rasmus Larsen
pp. 1862-1869
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (684 kB)  ]

Quantifying the tradeoff between uniform computer-based and nonuniform manual sampling in stereology
Zvi Markowitz and Murray H. Loew
pp. 1870-1879
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (108 kB)  ]

Improved Infomax algorithm of independent component analysis applied to fMRI data
Xia Wu, Li Yao, Zhi-ying Long, and Hui Wu
pp. 1880-1889
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (400 kB)  ]

Enhancement of surgical tissue in visual noise
Dariush Ebrahimi, Lorne Rotstein, and Stanley J. Hamstra
pp. 1890-1894
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (101 kB)  ]

Three-dimensional microscopic image coding by finite-state vector quantization in an enhanced image pyramid
Yegang Tao and W. Paul Cockshott
pp. 1895-1905
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (219 kB)  ]

Zero-distortion lossless data embedding
Nithin Nagaraj and Rakesh Mullick
pp. 1906-1913
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (395 kB)  ]

Numerical simulations of spectral phase and spectral distance behavior as scalar descriptors of multispectral data
Brian E. Chapman and Claudia Mello-Thoms
pp. 1914-1923
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (315 kB)  ]

2D adaptive filtering and region growing algorithm for the detection of microaneurysms in retinal angiograms
Carmen Serrano, Begona Acha, and Sergio Revuelto
pp. 1924-1931
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (721 kB)  ]

Automatic gaiting window positioning for 3D rotational coronary angiography (3DRCA)
Babak Movassaghi, Thomas Istel, and Volker Rasche
pp. 1932-1942
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (690 kB)  ]

3D coronary reconstruction from calibrated motion-compensated 2D projections based on semi-automated feature point detection
Babak Movassaghi, Volker Rasche, Max A. Viergever, and Wiro J. Niessen
pp. 1943-1950
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (720 kB)  ]

Angular assessment of the Mojette filtered back projection
Peggy Subirats, Myriam C. J. Servieres, Nicolas Normand, and JeanPierre Guedon
pp. 1951-1960
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (455 kB)  ]

Some links between continuous and discrete Radon transform
Myriam C. J. Servieres, Nicolas Normand, Peggy Subirats, and JeanPierre Guedon
pp. 1961-1971
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (523 kB)  ]

Three-dimensional reconstruction of large tissue volumes from scanning laser confocal microscopy
Mohamed-Adel Slamani, Andrzej Krol, Jacques Beaumont, Robert L. Price, Ioana L. Coman, and Edward D. Lipson
pp. 1972-1979
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (196 kB)  ]

Unmasking true signal/tumor information from ProstaScint scans
Benjamin Y. Lee, J. Keith DeWyngaert, Marilyn E. Noz, Gerald Q. Maguire, Jr., Antoinette Murphy-Walcott, and Elissa L. Kramer
pp. 1980-1990
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (186 kB)  ]

Segmentation-aided adaptive filtering for metal artifact reduction in radio-therapeutic CT images
Celine Saint Olive, Michael R. Kaus, Vladimir Pekar, Kai Eck, and Lothar Spies
pp. 1991-2002
Abstract     Full Text:  [  PDF (780 kB)  ]

Iterative cardiac cone-beam CT reconstruction
Tim Nielsen, Robert Manzke, Thomas Koehler, Michael Grass, and Roland Proksa
pp. 2003-2014
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Determination of the temporal and spatial resolution in retrospectively gated cardiac cone-beam CT
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