Computer Vision in Medical Imaging

The major progress in computer vision allows us to make extensive use of medical imaging data to provide us better diagnosis, treatment and predication of diseases. Computer vision can exploit texture, shape, contour and prior knowledge along with contextual information from image sequence and provide 3D and 4D information that helps with better human understanding. Many powerful tools have been available through image segmentation, machine learning, pattern classification, tracking, reconstruction to bring much needed quantitative information not easily available by trained human specialists.

The aim of the book is for both medical imaging professionals to acquire and interpret the data, and computer vision professionals to provide enhanced medical information by using computer vision techniques. The final objective is to benefit the patients without adding to the already high medical costs.Contents:







An Introduction to Computer Vision in Medical Imaging (Chi Hau Chen)





Theory and Methodologies:



Distribution Matching Approaches to Medical Image Segmentation (Ismail Ben Ayed)

Digital Pathology in Medical Imaging (Bikash Sabata, Chukka Srinivas, Pascal Bamford and Gerardo Fernandez)

Adaptive Shape Prior Modeling via Online Dictionary Learning (Shaoting Zhang, Yiqiang Zhan, Yan Zhou and Dimitris Metaxas)

Feature-Centric Lesion Detection and Retrieval in Thoracic Images (Yang Song, Weidong Cai, Stefan Eberl, Michael J Fulham and David Dagan Feng)

A Novel Paradigm for Quantitation from MR Phase (Joseph Dagher)

A Multi-Resolution Active Contour Framework for Ultrasound Image Segmentation (Weiming Wang, Jing Qin, Pheng-Ann Heng, Yim-Pan Chui, Liang Li and Bing Nan Li)





2D, 3D Reconstructions/Imaging Algorithms, Systems & Sensor Fusion:



Model-Based Image Reconstruction in Optoacoustic Tomography (Amir Rosenthal, Daniel Razansky and Vasilis Ntziachristos)

The Fusion of Three-Dimensional Quantitative Coronary Angiography and Intracoronary Imaging for Coronary Interventions (Shengxian Tu, Niels R Holm, Johannes P Janssen and Johan H C Reiber)

Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Methods in Near-Field Coded Aperture for SPECT Imaging System (Stephen Baoming Hong)

Ultrasound Volume Reconstruction based on Direct Frame Interpolation (Sergei Koptenko, Rachel Remlinger, Martin Lachaine, Tony Falco and Ulrich Scheipers)

Deconvolution Technique for Enhancing and Classifying the Retinal Images (Uvais A Qidwai and Umair A Qidwai)

Medical Ultrasound Digital Signal Processing in the GPU Computing Era (Marcin Lewandowski)

Developing Medical Image Processing Algorithms for GPU Assisted Parallel Computation (Mathias Broxvall and Marios Daotis)





Specific Image Processing and Computer Vision Methods for Different Imaging Modalities Including IVUS, MRI, etc.:



Computer Vision in Interventional Cardiology (Kendall R Waters)

Pattern Classification of Brain Diffusion MRI: Application to Schizophrenia Diagnosis (Ali Tabesh, Matthew J Hoptman, Debra D'Angelo and Babak A Ardekani)

On Compressed Sensing Reconstruction for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Benjamin Paul Berman, Sagar Mandava and Ali Bilgin)

On Hierarchical Statistical Shape Models with Application to Brain MRI (Juan J Cerrolaza, Arantxa Villanueva and Rafael Cabeza)

Advanced PDE-based Methods for Automatic Quantification of Cardiac Function and Scar from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Durco Turco and Cristiana Corsi)

Automated IVUS Segmentation Using Deformable Template Model with Feature Tracking (Prakash Manandhar and Chi Hau Chen)











Readership: Researchers, professionals and academics in machine perception/computer vision, pattern recognition/image analysis, nuclear medicine, bioengineering & cardiology.