Visualization in Biomedical Computing

Computer aided screening system for lung cancer based on helical CT images.- Unsupervised regularized classification of multi-spectral MRI.- Using an entropy similarity measure to enhance the quality of DSA images with an algorithm based on template matching.- Automatic segmentation of the brain in MRI.- Image analysis using modified self-organizing maps: Automated delineation of the left ventricular cavity boundary in serial echocardiograms.- Analyzing and predicting images through a neural network approach.- An artificial intelligence approach for automatic interpretation of maxillofacial CT images.- Fast Fluid Registration of medical images.- A robust point matching algorithm for autoradiograph alignment.- Registration updating using marker pins in a video based neurosurgical guidance system (VISLAN).- Point-based elastic registration of medical image data using approximating thin-plate splines.- Cortical constraints for non-linear cortical registration.- Image guided microscopic surgery system using mutual-information based registration.- Cross validation of three inter-patients matching methods.- A new approach to fast elastic alignment with applications to human brains.- Individualizing anatomical atlases of the head.- Mutual information for automated multimodal image warping.- Morphological analysis of brain structures using spatial normalization.- Three dimensional MR-based morphometric comparison of schizophrenic and normal cerebral ventricles.- Application of an automatically built 3D morphometric brain atlas: Study of cerebral ventricle shape.- Visualization and mapping of anatomic abnormalities using a probabilistic brain atlas based on random fluid transformations.- L-systems for three-dimensional anatomical modelling: Towards a virtual laboratory in anatomy.- Hierarchical data representation of lung to model morphology and function.- Visualizing group differences in outline shape: Methods from biometrics of landmark points.- Visualising cerebral asymmetry.- Assessing patterns and rates of brain atrophy by serial magnetic resonance imaging: A segmentation, registration, display and quantification procedure.- Characterisation and classification of brain tumours in three-dimensional MR image sequences.- Automatic quantification of multiple sclerosis lesion volume using stereotaxic space.- 3D skeleton for virtual colonoscopy.- Identifying hypometabolism in PET images of the brain: Application to epilepsy.- Multi-array EEG signals mapped with three dimensional images for clinical epilepsy studies.- Visualisation of pain by magnetoencephalography in humans.- Visualization of cat auditory cortical functional organization after electrical stimulation with a multichannel cochlear implant by means of optical imaging.- The brain bench: Virtual stereotaxis for rapid neurosurgery planning and training.- A flexible environment for image guided virtual surgery planning.- An advanced system for the simulation and planning of orthodontic treatments.- Assessment of several virtual endoscopy techniques using computed tomography and Perspective Volume Rendering.- Surgery Simulation using Fast Finite Elements.- Real time volumetric deformable models for surgery simulation.- Craniofacial surgery simulation.- Creation and validation of patient specific anatomical models for prostate surgery planning using virtual reality.- Use of shape for automated, optimized 3D radiosurgical treatment planning.- MRI guided intranasal flexible micro-endoscopy.- Computer-assisted insertion of pedicle screws.- PROBOT - A computer integrated prostatectomy system.- Towards performing ultrasound-guided needle biopsies from within a head-mounted display.- Automated multimodality registration using the full affine transformation: Application to MR and CT guided skull base surgery.