Handbook of Medical Imaging: Processing and Analysis Management

Contents......Page 8
Part I Enhancement......Page 18
1 Fundamental Enhancement Techniques......Page 20
2 Adaptive Image Filtering......Page 36
3 Enhancement by Multiscale Nonlinear Operators......Page 50
4 Medical Image Enhancement with Hybrid Filters......Page 74
Part II Segmentation......Page 84
5 Overview and Fundamentals of Medical Image Segmentation......Page 86
6 Image Segmentation by Fuzzy Clustering: Methods and Issues......Page 104
7 Segmentation with Neural Networks......Page 124
8 Deformable Models......Page 144
9 Shape Constraints in Deformable Models......Page 164
10 Gradient Vector Flow Deformable Models......Page 176
11 Fully Automated Hybrid Segmentation of the Brain......Page 188
12 Volumetric Segmentation......Page 202
13 Partial Volume Segmentation with Voxel Histograms......Page 212
Part III Quantification......Page 230
14 Two-Dimensional Shape and Texture Quantification......Page 232
15 Texture Analysis in Three Dimensions as to Cue to Medical Diagnosis......Page 248
16 computational Neuroanatomy Using Shape Transformations......Page 266
17 Arterial Tree Morphometry......Page 278
18 Image-Based Computational Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System......Page 302
19 Three-Dimensional Bone Angle Quantification......Page 316
20 Database Selection and Feature Extraction for Neural Networks......Page 328
21 Quantitative Image Analysis for Estimation of Breast Cancer Risk......Page 340
22 Classification of Breast Lesions from Mammograms......Page 358
23 Quantitative Analysis of Cardiac Functions......Page 376
24 Image Processing and Analysis in Tagged Cardiac MRI......Page 392
25 Image Interpolation and Resampling......Page 410
Part IV Registration......Page 438
26 Physical Basis of Spactial Distortions in Magnetic Resonance Images......Page 442
27 Physical and Biological Bases in Spatial Distortions in Positron Emission Tomography Images......Page 456
28 Biological Underpinnings of Anatomic Consistency and Variability in the Human Brain......Page 466
29 Spatial Transformation Models......Page 482
30 Validation of Registration Accuracy......Page 508
31 Landmark-Based Registration Using Features Identified Through Differential Geometry......Page 516
32 Image Registration Using Chamfer Matching......Page 532
33 Within-Modality Registration Using Intensity-Based Cast Functions......Page 546
34 Across-Modality Registration Using Intensity-Based Cost Functions......Page 554
36 Warping Strategies for Intersubject Registration......Page 586
37 Optimizing the Resampling of Registered Images......Page 620
38 Clinical Applications of Image Registration......Page 630
39 Registration for Image-Guided Surgery......Page 640
40 Image Registration and the Construction of Multidimensional Brain Atlases......Page 652
Part V Visualization......Page 672
41 Visualization Pathways in Biomedicine......Page 676
42 Three-Dimensional Visualization in Medicine and Biology......Page 702
43 Volume Visualization in Medicine......Page 730
44 Fast Isosurface Extraction Methods for Large Image Data Sets......Page 748
45 Morphometric Methods for Virtual Endoscopy......Page 764
Part VI Compression Storage and Communication......Page 774
46 Fundamentals and Standards of Compression and Communications......Page 776
47 Medical Image Archive, Retrieval, and Communication......Page 788
48 Image Standardization in PACS......Page 800
49 Quality Evaluation for Compressed Medical Images: Fundamentals......Page 820
50 Quality Evaluation for Compressed Medical Images: Diagnostic Accuracy......Page 838
51 Quality Evaluation for Compressed Medical Images: Statistical Issues......Page 858
52 Three-Dimensional Image Compression with Wavelet Transforms......Page 868
53 Medical Image Processing and Analysis Software......Page 880