Medical Imaging

00 preface_Medical Imaging......Page 1
Part 1_BASIC CONCEPTS IN MEDICAL IMAGING......Page 13
01 Identification of Structures in Medical Images......Page 15
02 Detection of Abnormalities in a Biological\rTissue by Diffuse Optical Tomography:\rA Computational Study......Page 39
03 3D Ultrasound Image Segmentation: Interactive\rTexture-Based Approaches......Page 55
04 Radiation Protection in Medical Imaging......Page 79
Part 2_IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES......Page 99
05 Current Trends in Archiving and\rTransmission of Medical Images......Page 101
06 Large-Scale User Facility Imaging and\rScattering Techniques to Facilitate\rBasic Medical Research......Page 119
07 Tools to Improve the Patient’s Processes\rat Imaging Centers......Page 147
08 High to Microwave Frequencies\rImaging Techniques......Page 159
09 A Mutual Information-Based Image Quality\rMetric for Medical Imaging Systems......Page 207
Part 3_APPLICATIONS IN CLINICAL SETTINGS......Page 225
10 Diagnostic Imaging in Oral\rand Maxillofacial Pathology......Page 227
11 Fast MRI Methods for the Clinical\rEvaluation of Skeletal Disorders......Page 251
12 Determination of Cardiac Ejection Fraction by\rElectrical Impedance Tomography......Page 265
13 Assessment of Human Skin Microcirculation\rand Its Endothelial Function Using Laser\rDoppler Flowmetry......Page 283
14 Determination of Limb Hemodynamics\rDuring Rhythmical Muscle Contractions\rAssessed by Doppler Ultrasound......Page 309
Part 4_ADVANCES IN MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES......Page 321
15 Current State of the PET/CT Hybrid\rTechnique and Clinical Indications......Page 323
16 Advances in Medical Imaging\rApplied to Bone Metastases......Page 351
17 A Hierarchical Framework for Mitosis Detection\rin Time-Lapse Phase Contrast Microscopy\rImage Sequences of Stem Cell Populations......Page 367
18 Safety of Interactive Image-Guided Surgery......Page 385