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MICCAI
2004
Springer
15 years 15 days ago
Scale-Invariant Registration of Monocular Endoscopic Images to CT-Scans for Sinus Surgery
In this paper, we present a novel method for intra-operative registration directly from monocular endoscopic images. This technique has the potential to provide a more accurate su...
Darius Burschka, Ming Li, Russell H. Taylor, Grego...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
15 years 15 days ago
Nodule Detection in Postero Anterior Chest Radiographs
The use of image processing techniques and Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) systems has proved to be effective for the improvement of radiologists' diagnosis, especially in the ...
Paola Campadelli, Elena Casiraghi
MICCAI
2004
Springer
15 years 15 days ago
Clustering Fiber Traces Using Normalized Cuts
In this paper we present a framework for unsupervised segmentation of white matter fiber traces obtained from diffusion weighted MRI data. Fiber traces are compared pairwise to cre...
Anders Brun, Hans Knutsson, Hae-Jeong Park, Martha...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
15 years 15 days ago
Shape Particle Filtering for Image Segmentation
Abstract. Deformable template models are valuable tools in medical image segmentation. Current methods elegantly incorporate global shape and appearance, but can not cope with loca...
Marleen de Bruijne, Mads Nielsen
MICCAI
2004
Springer
15 years 15 days ago
Anisotropic Interpolation of DT-MRI
Diffusion tensor MRI (DT-MRI) is an image modality that is gaining clinical importance. After some preliminaries that describe the fundamentals of this imaging modality, we present...
Carlos A. Castaño-Moraga, Miguel A. Rodr&ia...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
15 years 15 days ago
A Data Clustering and Streamline Reduction Method for 3D MR Flow Vector Field Simplification
Abstract. With the increasing capability of MR imaging and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques, a significant amount of data related to the haemodynamics of the cardiovas...
Bernardo Silva Carmo, Yin-Heung Pauline Ng, Adam P...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
15 years 15 days ago
Surface-Based Registration with a Particle Filter
Abstract. We propose the use of a particle filter as a solution to the rigid shapebased registration problem commonly found in computer-assisted surgery. This approach is especiall...
Burton Ma, Randy E. Ellis
MICCAI
2004
Springer
15 years 15 days ago
Simultaneous Topology and Stiffness Identification for Mass-Spring Models Based on FEM Reference Deformations
Mass-spring systems are of special interest for soft tissue modeling in surgical simulation due to their ease of implementation and real-time behavior. However, the parameter ident...
Barbara Solenthaler, Gábor Székely, ...
MICCAI
2004
Springer
15 years 15 days ago
Topology Smoothing for Segmentation and Surface Reconstruction
Abstract. We propose a new method for removing topological defects in surfaces and volumes segmented from medical images. Unlike current topology correction approaches, we define a...
Pierre-Louis Bazin, Dzung L. Pham
MICCAI
2004
Springer
15 years 15 days ago
Profile Scale-Spaces for Multiscale Image Match
Anatomical objects often have complex and varying image appearance at different portions of the boundary; and it is frequently a challenge even to select appropriate scales at whic...
Sean Ho, Guido Gerig