Special Issue on Advances in Medical Image Computing
Heinz Handels, Alexander Horsch, Heinz-Peter Meinzer (guest editors), 2007
Special Topic on
“Advances in Medical Image Computing”
Guest Editors: H. Handels, A. Horsch, H.-P. Meinzer
of the Journal Methods of Information in Medicine
will be published in July 2007.
In this issue selected contributions of the German Conference on Medical Image Processing (BVM) are assembled to present latest advances in the field of medical image computing. The winners of scientific awards of the German Conferences on Medical Image Processing (BVM) 2005 and 2006 were invited to submit a manuscript on their latest developments and results for possible publication in Methods of Information in Medicine. Finally, eleven excellent papers were selected to describe important aspects of recent advances in the field of medical image computing.
The selected papers give an impression of the broad range and heterogeneity of new developments in the field of medical image computing. New methods for improved image reconstruction, image segmentation, modelling of organs, as well as methodical improvements of non-linear image registration algorithms are presented together with applications of image analysis methods in different medical disciplines. The image computing methods presented enable new insights into the patient’s image data and have the future potential to improve medical diagnostics and patient treatment.
Content:
- Advances in Medical Image Computing
H. Handels, A. Horsch, H.-P. Meinzer (Guest Editors)
- Motion-Artifact Reducing Reconstruction of 4D CT Image Data for the Analysis of Respiratory Dynamics
R. Werner, J. Ehrhardt, D. Säring, T. Frenzel, W. Lu, D. Low, H. Handels
- Statistical Image Reconstruction for Inconsistent CT Projection Data
M. Oehler and T. M. Buzug
- Interactive Diffusion Based Smoothing and Segmentation of Volumetric Datasets on Graphics Hardware
J. Beyer, C. Langer, L. Fritz, M. Hadwiger, K. Bühler
- Automatic Generation of 3D Statistical Shape Models with Optimal Landmark Distributions
T. Heimann, I. Wolf and H.-P Meinzer
- A Geometric Model of the Beating Heart
J. von Berg, C. Lorenz
- Spatially Varying Elasticity in Image Registration
S. Kabus, A. Franz, and B. Fischer
- Intensity Gradient Based Registration and Fusion of Multi-modal Images
E. Haber and J. Modersitzki
- Structure-preserving Interpolation of Temporal and Spatial Image Sequences Using an Optical Flow Based Method
J. Ehrhardt, D. Säring, H. Handels
- Ultrasound Cerebral Perfusion Analysis Based on a Mathematical Model for Diminution Harmonic Imaging
C. Kier, K. Meyer-Wiethe, G. Seidel, T. Aach
- Towards Fully Automatic Acquisition of Multimodal Cytopathological Microscopy Images with Autofocus, Scene Matching and Registration
A. Bell, T. Würflinger, S.-O. Ropers, A. Boecking, T. Aach, D. Meyer-Ebrecht
- Computer-Assisted Diagnosis for Early Stage Pleural Mesothelioma: Towards Automated Detection and Quantitative Assessment of Pleural Thickenings from Thoracic CT Images
K. Chaisaowong, P. Jäger, A. Knepper , T. Kraus, and T. Aach
