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Book Description:

In recent years, the remarkable advances in medical imaging instruments have increased their use considerably for diagnostics as well as planning and follow-up of treatment. Emerging from the fields of radiology, medical physics and engineering, medical imaging no longer simply deals with the technology and interpretation of radiographic images. The limitless possibilities presented by computer science and technology, coupled with engineering advances in signal processing, optics and nuclear medicine have created the vastly expanded field of medical imaging. The Handbook of Medical Imaging is the first comprehensive compilation of the concepts and techniques used to analyze and manipulate medical images after they have been generated or digitized. The Handbook is organized in six sections that relate to the main functions needed for processing: enhancement, segmentation, quantification, registration, visualization as well as compression storage and telemedicine.

Synopsis:

This work has been created to serve both the medical and the engineering community with the most comprehensive information available on medical image processing. Engineers and computer professionals should gain a thorough understanding of medical instrumentation, applications and diagnostic techniques. Medical professionals should gain a background in image processing, image enhancement, scalar measurement and image resolution as well as descriptive coverage of the image capturing hardware and software, basic mathematics, signal processing and image compression. The handbook is divided up into two equal sections. The first section covers the principles of signal processing and image processing with an emphasis on clear explanation of the science and technology behind the process and instrumentation of image processing. Also covered are techniques in image processing for the understanding of image capture and manipulation, image enhancement, scientific measurement and visualization. The second section concentrates on state-of-the-art coverge of the major technologies and disciplines of medical imaging like MRI, CTXray and ultrasound. The history of image processing and policy and standards are also covered.

Table of Contents:

I Enhancement
Fundametal Enhancement Techniques;Adaptive Image Filtering; Enhancement by Multiscale Nonlinear Operators; Medical Image Enhancement with Hybrid Filters.
II Segmentation
Overview and Fundamentals of Medical Image Segmentation; Image Segmentation by Fuzzy Clustering: Methods and Issues; Segmentation with Neural Networks; Deformable Models; Shape Constraints in Deformable Models; Gradient Vector Flow Deformable Models; Fully Automated Hybrid Segmentation of the Brain; Volumetric Segmentation; Partial Volume Segmentation with Voxel Histograms.
III Quantification
Two-dimensional Shape and Texture Quantification; Texture Analysis in Three Dimensions as a Cue to Medical Diagnosis; Computational Neuroanatomy Using Shape Transformation; Morphometry of Arterial Trees and Microvascular Networks; Image-Based Computational Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System; Three-Dimensional Bone Angle Quantification; Database Selection and Feature Extraction for Neural Networks; Quantitative Image Analysis for Estimation of Breast Cancer Risk; Classification of Breast Lesions in Mammograms; Quantitative Analysis of Cardiac Function; Image Processing and Analysis in Tagged Cardiac MRI; Image Interpolation and Resampling.
IV Registration
The Physical Basis of Spatial Distortions in Magnetic Resonance Images; Physical and Biological Bases of Spatial Distortiobns in Positron Emission Tomography Images; Biological Underpinnings of Anatomic Consistency and Variability in the Human Brain; Spatial Transformation Models; Validation of Registration Accuracy; Landmark-based Registration using Features Identified Through Differential Geometry; Registration of Contours using Chamfer Matching; Within-Modality Registration using Intensity-Based Cost Functions; Across-Modality Registration using Intensity-Based Cost Functions; Talairach Space as a Tool for Intersubject Standardization in the Brain; Warping Strategies for Intersubject Registration; Optimizing the Resampling of Registered Images; Clinical Applications of Image Registration; Registration for Image-Guided Surgery; Image Registration and the Construction of Multidimensional Brain Atlases.
V Visualization
Visualization Pathways in Biomedicine; Three-Dimensional Visualization in Medicine and Biology; Volume Visualization in Medicine; Fast Isosurface Extraction Methods for Large Image Data Sets; Morphometric Methods for Virtual Endoscopy.
VI Compression Storage and Communication
Fundamentals and Standards of Compression and Communication; Medical Image Archive and Retrieval; Image Standardization in PACS; Quality Evaluation for Compressed Medical Images: Fundamentals; Quality Evaluation for Compressed Medical Images: Diagnostic Accuracy; Quality Evaluation for Compressed Medical Images: Statistical Issues; Three-Dimensional Image Compression with Wavelet Transforms; Medical Image Processing and Analysis Software.
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