Handbook of Medical Imaging: Processing and Analysis Management

Isaac Bankman9780120777907, 0120777908

In recent years, the remarkable advances in medical imaging instruments have increased their use considerably for diagnostics as well as planning and follow-up of treatment. Emerging from the fields of radiology, medical physics and engineering, medical imaging no longer simply deals with the technology and interpretation of radiographic images. The limitless possibilities presented by computer science and technology, coupled with engineering advances in signal processing, optics and nuclear medicine have created the vastly expanded field of medical imaging. The Handbook of Medical Imaging is the first comprehensive compilation of the concepts and techniques used to analyze and manipulate medical images after they have been generated or digitized. The Handbook is organized in six sections that relate to the main functions needed for processing: enhancement, segmentation, quantification, registration, visualization as well as compression storage and telemedicine. * Internationally renowned authors (Johns Hopkins, Harvard, UCLA, Yale, Columbia, UCSF) * Includes imaging and visualization * Stunning, full four-color Isaac Bankman is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 7
Part I Enhancement……Page 17
1 Fundamental Enhancement Techniques……Page 19
2 Adaptive Image Filtering……Page 35
3 Enhancement by Multiscale Nonlinear Operators……Page 49
4 Medical Image Enhancement with Hybrid Filters……Page 73
Part II Segmentation……Page 83
5 Overview and Fundamentals of Medical Image Segmentation……Page 85
6 Image Segmentation by Fuzzy Clustering: Methods and Issues……Page 103
7 Segmentation with Neural Networks……Page 123
8 Deformable Models……Page 143
9 Shape Constraints in Deformable Models……Page 163
10 Gradient Vector Flow Deformable Models……Page 175
11 Fully Automated Hybrid Segmentation of the Brain……Page 187
12 Volumetric Segmentation……Page 201
13 Partial Volume Segmentation with Voxel Histograms……Page 211
Part III Quantification……Page 229
14 Two-Dimensional Shape and Texture Quantification……Page 231
15 Texture Analysis in Three Dimensions as to Cue to Medical Diagnosis……Page 247
16 computational Neuroanatomy Using Shape Transformations……Page 265
17 Arterial Tree Morphometry……Page 277
18 Image-Based Computational Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System……Page 301
19 Three-Dimensional Bone Angle Quantification……Page 315
20 Database Selection and Feature Extraction for Neural Networks……Page 327
21 Quantitative Image Analysis for Estimation of Breast Cancer Risk……Page 339
22 Classification of Breast Lesions from Mammograms……Page 357
23 Quantitative Analysis of Cardiac Functions……Page 375
24 Image Processing and Analysis in Tagged Cardiac MRI……Page 391
25 Image Interpolation and Resampling……Page 409
Part IV Registration……Page 437
26 Physical Basis of Spactial Distortions in Magnetic Resonance Images……Page 441
27 Physical and Biological Bases in Spatial Distortions in Positron Emission Tomography Images……Page 455
28 Biological Underpinnings of Anatomic Consistency and Variability in the Human Brain……Page 465
29 Spatial Transformation Models……Page 481
30 Validation of Registration Accuracy……Page 507
31 Landmark-Based Registration Using Features Identified Through Differential Geometry……Page 515
32 Image Registration Using Chamfer Matching……Page 531
33 Within-Modality Registration Using Intensity-Based Cast Functions……Page 545
34 Across-Modality Registration Using Intensity-Based Cost Functions……Page 553
36 Warping Strategies for Intersubject Registration……Page 585
37 Optimizing the Resampling of Registered Images……Page 619
38 Clinical Applications of Image Registration……Page 629
39 Registration for Image-Guided Surgery……Page 639
40 Image Registration and the Construction of Multidimensional Brain Atlases……Page 651
Part V Visualization……Page 671
41 Visualization Pathways in Biomedicine……Page 675
42 Three-Dimensional Visualization in Medicine and Biology……Page 701
43 Volume Visualization in Medicine……Page 729
44 Fast Isosurface Extraction Methods for Large Image Data Sets……Page 747
45 Morphometric Methods for Virtual Endoscopy……Page 763
Part VI Compression Storage and Communication……Page 773
46 Fundamentals and Standards of Compression and Communications……Page 775
47 Medical Image Archive, Retrieval, and Communication……Page 787
48 Image Standardization in PACS……Page 799
49 Quality Evaluation for Compressed Medical Images: Fundamentals……Page 819
50 Quality Evaluation for Compressed Medical Images: Diagnostic Accuracy……Page 837
51 Quality Evaluation for Compressed Medical Images: Statistical Issues……Page 857
52 Three-Dimensional Image Compression with Wavelet Transforms……Page 867
53 Medical Image Processing and Analysis Software……Page 879