Advances in Medical Engineering

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Modelling and Imaging Electrophysiology and Contraction of the Heart....Pages 3-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Influence of Corrections During Image Reconstruction on the Spatial Resolution of ClearPET Neuro....Pages 19-24
Dynamic Reconstruction for the ClearPET™ Neuro Using Temporal B-Splines....Pages 25-30
Local Compensation for Respiratory Motion in List-mode PET....Pages 31-36
Hybrid Imaging with SPECT/CT — Presentation of 5 Cases....Pages 37-41
The λ-MLEM Algorithm: An Iterative Reconstruction Technique for Metal Artifact Reduction in CT Images....Pages 42-47
Quantification of Tissue Microcirculation by Dynamic MRI and CT: Comparative Analysis of Signal-Time Courses Measured in Muscle Tissue....Pages 48-52
A Numerical Investigation of RF Heating Effects on Implants During MRI Compared to Experimental Measurements....Pages 53-58
Real Time Neuronavigation Using 3-D Ultrasound and MRI in Patients with Brain Tumor....Pages 59-63
Vasodynamics of the Murine Arteria Saphena by Optical Coherence Tomography....Pages 64-68
An Imaging System in the Sub Millimeter Area....Pages 69-74
Mutual Attraction of Oscillating Microbubbles....Pages 75-80
A new Imaging Data Fusion System for Application in Neurosurgery and Multimodality Phantoms for System Evaluation....Pages 81-86
CCD-Video Endoscope Subjected to X-Ray....Pages 87-92
MRI Based Attenuation Correction for Brain PET Images....Pages 93-97
Integration of Functional Data (PET) into Brain Surgery Planning and Neuronavigation....Pages 98-103
Comparison of long-T 2 Suppression Techniques for 3D Ultrashort Echo-Time Imaging....Pages 104-108
Scatter Analysis of the ClearPET™ Neuro Using Monte Carlo Simulations....Pages 109-114
Multi-Modality-Imaging for Radiosurgery Planning of Arteriovenous Malformations....Pages 115-120
Image Based Analysis of Bone Graft Samples made by 3D Printing Using Conventional and Synchrotron-Radiation-Based Micro-Computed Tomography....Pages 121-126
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
SPECT-CT in Maxillofacial Surgery....Pages 127-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
High Performance 2D/3D-Registration for Patient Positioning in Radiotherapy....Pages 133-138
Modelling Tumour Growth Patterns with Non-Rigid Image Registration....Pages 139-144
Segmentation and Navigation Support of Clinical Data Sets to Simulate the Bronchoscopy and Rhinoscopy....Pages 145-150
Analysis of Body Surfaces in a Body-Fixed Coordinate System....Pages 151-156
Deconvolution of Medical Ultrasound Data with Consideration of the Pressure Field, the Excitation Pulse and Focussing....Pages 157-162
Evaluation and Enhancement of a Procedure for Generating a 3D Bone Model Using Radiographs....Pages 163-168
High-Speed-Camera Recordings and Image Sequence Analysis of Moving Heart-Valves: Experiments and First Results....Pages 169-174
Stereoscopic 4D-Visualization of Craniofacial Soft Tissue based on Dynamic MRI and 256 Row 4D-CT....Pages 175-180
Analysis of Tumor-Influenced Respiratory Dynamics Using Motion Artifact Reduced Thoracic 4D CT Images....Pages 181-186
3D-CSC: A General Segmentation Technique for Voxel Images with Application in Medicine....Pages 187-192
An Algorithm for Automatic Stitching of CR X-ray Images....Pages 193-198
Topology Correction in Brain Segmentation Using a Multiscale Algorithm....Pages 199-204
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy — Quality Assurance with the Mutual Information Index (MI)....Pages 205-210
Image Registration of Structural and Physiological MR Images of Abnormal Anatomy....Pages 211-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Video Camera Based Navigation of a Laser Beam for Micro Surgery Bone Ablation at the Skull Base — Setup and Initial Experiments....Pages 219-223
Ultrasound Based Navigation System for Minimal Invasive Surgery at the Lumbar Spine within OrthoMIT....Pages 224-229
Optimization and Quantification of Aaccuracy for Rigid Point Based Registration for Computer Aided Surgery....Pages 230-235
Virtual Reality Based Training of Lumbar Punctures Using a 6DOF Haptic Device....Pages 236-240
Robot-Assisted 3D-Ultrasound Volume Registration for Skull Bone Surgery....Pages 241-246
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Recent Significance of Mechatronic Support Systems in General Surgery....Pages 247-251
Registration of Intraoperative 3D Ultrasound with MR Data for the Navigated Computer Based Surgery....Pages 252-257
Measuring the Fat Content of the Liver for Transplantation Medicine....Pages 258-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Influence of Modern Above-Knee Prostheses on the Biomechanics of Gait....Pages 267-272
Spinal-Load Analysis of Patient-Transfer Activities....Pages 273-278
Investigation of the Influence of Interbody Fusion on Biomechanics of the Cervical Spine Using a Computer Model....Pages 279-284
Design and Testing of an Autonomous Computer Controlled Loading Device to Study Tissue Adaptation around Immediately Loaded Implants in the Reindeer Antler....Pages 285-290
Numerical Simulation of the Biomechanical Properties of a Prefabricated Attachment System for Use in Prosthetic Dentistry....Pages 291-296
Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the Mobility of Immediately Loaded Dental Implants Using a Pig Model....Pages 297-301
Measuring System for the Comparative Ergonomic Study of Office Chairs....Pages 302-307
3-Dimensional Foot Geometry and Pressure Distribution Analysis of the Human Foot. Visualization and Analysis of two Independent Foot Quantities for Clinical Applications....Pages 308-313
Assessment of Ambulatory Activity of Diabetic Patients: A Reliability Test....Pages 314-318
MBS-Modeling for Estimation of Stress and Strain in Human Body....Pages 319-322
A Bicycle Simulator Based on a Motion Platform in a Virtual Reality Environment — FIVIS Project....Pages 323-328
Inverse Dynamics in Cycling Performance....Pages 329-334
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Determination of Alveolar Geometry by Optical Coherence Tomography to Develop a Numerical Model of the Fluid Dynamics in the Pulmonary Acinus....Pages 337-342
Combining Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) with an Operating Microscope....Pages 343-348
Measurement of the Epidermal Thickness with Fourier Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in an Occupational Health Study on Natural Sun Protection of the Human Skin....Pages 349-354
Multiscale Description of Light Propagation in Biological Tissue....Pages 355-360
The Influence of Heterogeneous Optical Properties upon Fluorescence Diffusion Tomography of Small Animals....Pages 361-365
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Cell Membrane Fluidity Determined by Fluorescence Lifetime and Polarization Screening....Pages 366-371
Cholesterol Dependence of Cell Membrane Dynamics Proved by Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging....Pages 372-377
Fast and Objective Classification of Tumor Tissue by Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy....Pages 378-383
Algorithms for Muscle Oxygenation Monitoring Corrected for Adipose Tissue Thickness....Pages 384-388
Establishment of an Optical Imaging Device for Intraoperative Identification of Active Brain Areas....Pages 389-393
Parallel FDTD Simulation of the Scattering of Light in Media Containing Cylindrical Scatterers....Pages 394-398
Cerebral Oxygenation Monitoring during Cardiac Bypass Surgery in Babies with Broad Band Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy....Pages 399-404
Microspectrofluorometry and Polarisation Microscopy of Membrane Dynamics in Living Cells....Pages 405-410
Goniometrical Measurements of the Phase Function of Microstructured Tissue....Pages 411-416
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
Comparison of Process Temperature during Laser and Mechanical Cutting of Compact Bone....Pages 419-424
Spectral Analysis of the Acoustic Signal During Ablation of Biological Tissue with Pulsed CO 2 - Lasers....Pages 425-430
Laser-Scalpel for Kidney Resection Based on 1,94 µm Fibre Laser System....Pages 431-434
Three-Dimensional Surface Measurement Using Digital Holography with Pulsed Lasers....Pages 435-440
Laser Spectroscopic Online Monitoring of Volatile Diseasemarkers in Human Breath....Pages 441-446
Design and Technical Concept of a Tm Laser Scalpel for Clinical Investigation Based on a 60W, 1.92 µm Tm Fiber Laser System....Pages 447-452
Laser Osteotomy with Pulsed CO 2 Lasers....Pages 453-457
T-Scan: First Experiences with Acquisition of Cleft Morphology....Pages 458-463
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Accuracy of Translation and Rotation Measurements in Navigated ACL Reconstruction....Pages 467-467
Stability of Different Attachment Arrays of Reference Bases Against Mechanical Stress....Pages 468-468
Problems of the Pre- and Postoperativ Determination of the Antetorsionangle of the Femur by Navigation and CT....Pages 469-469
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
3D-Analyses and Libraries for the Construction of Individual Craniomaxillofacial Alloplastic Implants....Pages 470-470
Evaluation of Various Ceramic Implants after Immediate Loading....Pages 471-471
Back Matter....Pages 473-477