Biomedical Imaging

Guest Editors' Comments.- Miniaturized CMOS Imaging Module with Real-time DSP Technology for Endoscope and Laryngoscope Applications.- Resolution Improvement of Scanning Acoustic Microscopy Using Sparse Signal Representation.- Time Efficient DT-MRI Acquisition Parameters for Robust Estimation of Fiber Tracts.- Non-rigid Ultrasound Image Registration Based on Intensity and Local Phase Information.- Adaptive Grid Generation Based Non-rigid Image Registration using Mutual Information for Breast MRI.- Non-Iterative Hierarchical Registration for Medical Images.- Image Reconstruction Scheme Based on Phase Correction and Singularity Function Analysis Model.- Robust Multimodal Registration using Local Phase-Coherence Representations.- Multimodality Image Registration using Spatial Procrustes Analysis and Modified Conditional Entropy.- Image Processing for Fusion Identification between the GLUT4 Storage Vesicles and the Plasma Membrane.- Effective filtration techniques for gallbladder ultrasound images with variable contrast.- Image segmentation and selective smoothing based on variational framework.- Robust B-spline Snakes for Ultrasound Image Segmentation.- Vasculature Segmentation in MRA Images Using Gradient Compensated Geodesic Active Contours.- A Scalable Framework for Segmenting Magnetic Resonance Images.- Image Segmentation using Excess Entropy.- Effect of Number of Coupled Structures on the Segmentation of Brain Structures.- Edge-based Segmentation Using Robust Evolutionary Algorithm Applied to Medical Images.- Automated Protein Distribution Detection in High-throughput Image-based siRNA Library Screens.- Automated Renal Cell Carcinoma Subtype Classification Using Morphological, Textural and Wavelets Based Features.- In vivo short-echo time localized 1H MRS of the rat brain at 7T: influence of two strategies of background-accommodation on the metabolite concentration estimation using QUEST.- Intravascular Ultrasound Tissue Characterization with Sub-class