In addition to the widely-used Shannon mutual information, generalized information-theoretic similarity metrics have properties that make them conducive to biomedicalimage registration. The mutual information based o...
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Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a medical imaging technique that not only provides three-dimensional information about the blood vessel lumen and wall, but also directly depicts atherosclerotic plaque structure and...
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In radiation therapy, patient positioning uncertainty and organ motion require that a volume larger than the actual tumour (named the planning target volume [PTV]) be irradiated to ensure that the tumour receives the ...
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In this paper we present extensions to the Robust Point Matching framework to improve its ability to handle larger point sets with greater computational efficiency. While in the past this methodology has only been use...
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This paper describes a novel method for simulating soft tissue deformation with image-based rendering. It is based on the association of a depth map with the texture image and the incorporation of micro-surface detail...
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This paper describes a novel method for simulating soft tissue deformation with image-based rendering. It is based on the association of a depth map with the texture image and the incorporation of micro-surface details to generate photorealistic images representing soft tissue deformations. In a preprocessing step, the depth map describing the surface is separated into two distributions corresponding to macro- and micro-surface details. During user interactive simulation, deformations resulting from tissue-instrument interaction are rapidly calculated by modifying a coarse mass-spring model fitted to the macrosurface structure. Micro-surface details are subsequently augmented to the modified model with 3D image warping. The proposed technique drastically reduces the polygonal count required to model the scene whilst preserving deformed small surface details to offer a high level of photorealism.
An automated method for segmenting the outer boundary of abdominal aortic aneurysms in MR images is presented. The method is based on the well known Active Shape Models (ASM), which fit a global landmark-based shape m...
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An automated method for segmenting the outer boundary of abdominal aortic aneurysms in MR images is presented. The method is based on the well known Active Shape Models (ASM), which fit a global landmark-based shape model on the basis of local boundary appearance models. The original three-dimensional ASM scheme is modified to deal with multi-spectral image information and inconsistent boundary appearance in a principled way, with only a limited amount of training data. In addition, a framework for user interaction is proposed. If required, the obtained segmentation can be corrected in an interactive manner by indicating points on the desired boundary. The methods are evaluated in leave-one-out experiments on 21 datasets. A segmentation scheme combining gray level information from two or three MR sequences produces significantly better results than a single-scan model. Average volume errors with respect to the manual segmentation are 4.0%, in 19 out of 21 datasets. In the cases in which the obtained error is large, results can easily be improved using the interactive scheme.
This paper presents a new pq-space based 2D/3D registration method for camera pose estimation for endoscope tracking. The proposed technique involves the extraction of surface normals for each pixel of the video image...
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This paper presents a new pq-space based 2D/3D registration method for camera pose estimation for endoscope tracking. The proposed technique involves the extraction of surface normals for each pixel of the video images by using a linear local shape-from-shading algorithm derived from the unique camera/lighting constrains of the endoscopes. We illustrate how to use the derived pq-space distribution to match to that of the 3D tomographic model, and demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed method by using an electro-magnetic tracker and a specially constructed airway phantom. Comparison to existing intensity-based techniques has also been made, which highlights the major strength of the proposed method in its robustness against illumination and tissue deformation.
Direct volume visualization has recently gained importance as a tool for the analysis of intracranial aneurysms focused on therapy planning. CT-angiography (CTA) intensities are mapped to color and opacity values by s...
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Direct volume visualization has recently gained importance as a tool for the analysis of intracranial aneurysms focused on therapy planning. CT-angiography (CTA) intensities are mapped to color and opacity values by so called one-dimensional transfer functions. In this work, we introduce 3D-visualization of intracranial aneurysms making use of transfer functions based on measured values and gradient magnitudes extracted from the CTA data. Furthermore, we present a tool for the creation of 2D transfer functions in the clinical environment. The visualization application runs on standard PCs equipped with modern 3D graphics cards. Evaluations were carried out on 17 clinical cases from our archive. Clear improvements with respect to standard volume visualization were observed especially in the area of the skull base, where the arteries are difficult to separate from the bone. Effective separation of skull and arteries was achieved even for cases where the critical vascular structures were embedded in osseous tissue.
The goal of this research is to register organ surface with intra-operative 3D ultrasound (US) image. The algorithm can be used to register pre-operative images, such as MR and CT, with intra-operative US image, or to...
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The goal of this research is to register organ surface with intra-operative 3D ultrasound (US) image. The algorithm can be used to register pre-operative images, such as MR and CT, with intra-operative US image, or to track organ surface in US image sequence. Simulation experiments were performed to demonstrate the registration of prostate surface with 3D US image in a population of 8 patients. Surfaces were segmented from US images and registered with the same images multiple times to show the accuracy and consistency. Surface tracking was demonstrated by registering the surface obtained from one US image with another US image of the same patient. Genetic Algorithm was used as the search engine to find out the 6-degree transform of the surface that best fit the US image gradients. The algorithm is observed accurate and achieved high consistency in all tested images with an average process time of 9.5 seconds.
Defective pelvic organ support is one of the most common problems in women and its intervention requires an accurate preoperative identification of prolapsed organs and their mechanical properties. With the current st...
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Defective pelvic organ support is one of the most common problems in women and its intervention requires an accurate preoperative identification of prolapsed organs and their mechanical properties. With the current state-of-the-art in magnetic resonance imaging, 3D dynamic imaging of the pelvic floor is prohibited by the maximal temporal resolution that can be achieved. In this paper, we propose an optimal scan-planning approach based on statistical shape modelling of the levators such that only a limited number of 2D imaging planes are needed to recover the entire 3D structure. The statistical shape model was achieved by the use of harmonic shape embedding and modelling whilst the reconstruction of the 3D structure from selected imaging planes was carried out by the incorporation of a conjunct MDL measure indicating the statistical shape variation captured by respective imaging planes. The value of the proposed technique was demonstrated with data acquired from a group of 11 asymptomatic subjects, highlighting the value of the method in studying dynamic shape changes when complete 3D imaging is impractical.
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