TMI
2011
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2011
—This paper introduces two real-time elastography techniques based on analytic minimization (AM) of regularized cost functions. The first method (1D AM) produces axial strain an...
TMI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
2011
—The 4D extended Cardiac-Torso (XCAT) phantom was developed to provide a realistic and flexible model of the human anatomy and cardiac and respiratory motions for use in medical ...
TMI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
2011
Abstract—Many practical applications require the reconstruction of images from irregularly sampled data. The spline formalism offers an attractive framework for solving this prob...
TMI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
2011
—We consider 3D brain structures as continuous parameterized surfaces and present a metric for their comparisons that is invariant to the way they are parameterized. Past compari...
TMI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
2011
—In this paper, we propose a novel predictive model, active volume model (AVM), for object boundary extraction. It is a dynamic “object” model whose manifestation includes a ...
TMI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
2011
Abstract—Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive, depth-resolved imaging modality that has become a prominent ophthalmic diagnostic technique. We present a semiautoma...
TMI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
2011
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging technique which is now widely established as a powerful tool for diagnosing a variety of cancers. However, PET images are...
TMI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
2011
—Due to the enormous potential and impact that stem cells may have on regenerative medicine, there has been a rapidly growing interest for tools to analyze and characterize the b...
TMI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
2011
Abstract—Backbone anatomical structure detection and labeling is a necessary step for various analysis tasks of the vertebral column. Appearance, shape and geometry measurements ...