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MICCAI
2006
Springer
16 years 7 months ago
A Comparison of Breast Tissue Classification Techniques
It is widely accepted in the medical community that breast tissue density is an important risk factor for the development of breast cancer. Thus, the development of reliable automa...
Arnau Oliver, Jordi Freixenet, Robert Marti, Reyer...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
16 years 7 months ago
GPU Based Real-Time Instrument Tracking with Three Dimensional Ultrasound
Abstract. Real-time 3D ultrasound can enable new image-guided surgical procedures, but high data rates prohibit the use of traditional tracking techniques. We present a new method ...
Paul M. Novotny, Jeffrey A. Stoll, Nikolay V. Vasi...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
16 years 7 months ago
Fiber Bundle Estimation and Parameterization
Individual white matter fibers cannot be resolved by current magnetic resonance (MR) technology. Many fibers of a fiber bundle will pass through an individual volume element (voxel...
Marc Niethammer, Sylvain Bouix, Carl-Fredrik Westi...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
16 years 7 months ago
Cell Segmentation Using Coupled Level Sets and Graph-Vertex Coloring
Sumit Kumar Nath, Kannappan Palaniappan, Filiz Bun...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
16 years 7 months ago
Shape-Driven 3D Segmentation Using Spherical Wavelets
Abstract. This paper presents a novel active surface segmentation algorithm using a multiscale shape representation and prior. We define a parametric model of a surface using spher...
Delphine Nain, Steven Haker, Aaron F. Bobick, Alle...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
16 years 7 months ago
Segmentation of Brain MRI in Young Children
Abstract. This paper describes an automatic tissue segmentation algorithm for brain MRI of young children. Existing segmentation methods developed for the adult brain do not take i...
Maria Murgasova, Leigh Dyet, A. David Edwards, Mar...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
16 years 7 months ago
Adaptive Script Based Animations for Intervention Planning
We describe scripting facilities to create medical animations for intervention planning based on medical volume data and derived segmentation information. A data independent script...
Konrad Mühler, Ragnar Bade, Bernhard Preim
MICCAI
2006
Springer
16 years 7 months ago
Shape Filtering for False Positive Reduction at Computed Tomography Colonography
Abstract. In this paper, we treat the problem of reducing the false positives (FP) in the automatic detection of colorectal polyps at Computer Aided Detection in Computed Tomograph...
Abhilash A. Miranda, Tarik A. Chowdhury, Ovidiu Gh...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
16 years 7 months ago
Fast and Accurate Connectivity Analysis Between Functional Regions Based on DT-MRI
Diffusion tensor and functional MRI data provide insight into function and structure of the human brain. However, connectivity analysis between functional areas is still a challeng...
Dorit Merhof, Mirco Richter, Frank Enders, Peter H...
MICCAI
2006
Springer
16 years 7 months ago
Spinal Crawlers: Deformable Organisms for Spinal Cord Segmentation and Analysis
Spinal cord analysis is an important problem relating to the study of various neurological diseases. We present a novel approach to spinal cord segmentation in magnetic resonance i...
Chris McIntosh, Ghassan Hamarneh