TMI
2010
13 years 5 months ago
2010
Abstract--There is an ongoing debate on how to model diffusivity in fiber crossings. We propose an optimization framework for the selection of a dual tensor model and the set of di...
TMI
2010
13 years 5 months ago
2010
We present a novel 3-D scalable compression method for medical images with optimized volume of interest (VOI) coding. The method is presented within the framework of interactive te...
TMI
2010
13 years 5 months ago
2010
Abstract--Doppler echocardiography remains the most extended clinical modality for the evaluation of left ventricular (LV) function. Current Doppler ultrasound methods, however, ar...
TMI
2010
13 years 5 months ago
2010
As decisions in cardiology increasingly rely on non-invasive methods, fast and precise image processing tools have become a crucial component of the analysis workflow. To the best ...
TMI
2010
13 years 5 months ago
2010
The greatest impediment to practical adoption of iterative methods for X-ray CT is the computation burden of cone-beam forward and back-projectors. Moreover, forward and back-proje...
TMI
2010
13 years 5 months ago
2010
We present a novel method for joint reconstruction of both image and motion in positron-emission-tomography (PET). Most other methods separate image from motion estimation: They us...
TMI
2010
13 years 5 months ago
2010
We propose a nonparametric, probabilistic model for the automatic segmentation of medical images, given a training set of images and corresponding label maps. The resulting inferen...
TMI
2010
13 years 5 months ago
2010
Abstract--We have developed a novel, model-based active contour algorithm, termed "snakules", for the annotation of spicules on mammography. At each suspect spiculated ma...
TMI
2010
13 years 5 months ago
2010
Free-breathing image acquisition is desirable in first-pass gadolinium- enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but the breathing movements hinder the direct automatic analysis ...
TMI
2010
13 years 5 months ago
2010
Abstract--This work provides a model for tubular structures, and devises an algorithm to automatically extract tubular anatomical structures from medical imagery. Our model fits ma...