Applied medical image processing : a basic course /: a basic course. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Wolfgang Birkfellner.
• Authors: Birkfellner, Wolfgang
• Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; User Guide; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: A Few Basics of Medical Image Sources ; Radiology; The Electromagnetic Spectrum; Basic X-Ray Physics; Attenuation and Imaging; Computed Tomography; Magnetic Resonance Tomography; Ultrasound; Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging; Other Imaging Techniques; Radiation Protection and Dosimetry; Summary and Further References; Chapter 2: Image Processing in Clinical Practice ; Application Examples; Image Databases; Intensity Operations; Filter Operations; Segmentation; Spatial Transforms; Rendering and Surface Models; Registration; CT Reconstruction; Summary; Chapter 3: Image Representation ; Pixels and Voxels; Gray Scale and Color Representation; Image File Formats; DICOM; Other Formats - Analyze 7.5, NIfTI, and Interfile; Image Quality and the Signal-to-Noise Ratio; Practical Lessons; Summary and Further References; Chapter 4: Operations in Intensity Space ; The Intensity Transform Function and the Dynamic Range; Windowing; Histograms and Histogram Operations; Dithering and Depth; Practical Lessons; Summary and Further References; Chapter 5: Filtering and Transformations ; The Filtering Operation; The Fourier Transform; Other Transforms; Practical Lessons; Summary and Further References; Chapter 6: Segmentation ; The Segmentation Problem; ROI Definition and Centroids; Thresholding; Region Growing; More Sophisticated Segmentation Methods; Morphological Operations; Evaluation of Segmentation Results; Practical Lessons; Summary and Further References; Chapter 7: Spatial Transforms ; Discretization – Resolution and Artifacts; Interpolation and Volume Regularization; Translation and Rotation; Reformatting; Tracking and Image-Guided Therapy; Practical Lessons; Summary and Further References; Chapter 8: Rendering and Surface Models ; Visualization; Orthogonal and Perspective Projection, and the Viewpoint; Raycasting; Surface-Based Rendering; Practical Lessons; Summary and Further References; Chapter 9: Registration ; Fusing Information; Registration Paradigms; Merit Functions; Optimization Strategies; Some General Comments; Camera Calibration; Registration to Physical Space; Evaluation of Registration Results; Practical Lessons; Summary and Further References; Chapter 10: CT Reconstruction ; Introduction; Radon Transform; Algebraic Reconstruction; Some Remarks on Fourier Transform and Filtering; Filtered Backprojection; Practical Lessons; Summary and Further References; Chapter 11: A Tutorial on Image Guided Therapy ; A Hands-On Approach to Camera Calibration and Image-Guided Therapy; Transformations; Camera Calibration; Image-Guided Therapy, Introduction; Image-Guided Therapy, Navigation System; Image-Guided Therapy, Theory in Practice; Summary; Chapter 12: A Selection of MATLAB® Commands ; Control Structures and Operators; I/O and Data Structures; Mathematical Functions; Further References; Index
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (455 pages), (9 illustrations)
• Subjects: 616.0754; Diagnostic imaging -- Digital techniques; Image processing -- Digital techniques
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466555594; 1466555599
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