Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing Recent Trends [Paperback]

This book contains extended versions of papers presented at the international Conference VIPIMAGE 2009  ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image, that was held at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal, from 14th to 16th of October 2009. This conference was the second ECCOMAS thematic conference on computational vision and medical image processing. It covered topics related to image processing and analysis, medical imaging and computational modelling and simulation, considering their multidisciplinary nature.The book collects the state-of-the-art research, methods and new trends on the subject of computational vision and medical image processing contributing to the development of these knowledge areas.

This collection of state-of-the-art research, methods and new trends in computational vision and medical image-processing features papers presented to the 2009 VIPIMAGE conference. It will be a major contribution to the development of these knowledge areas.

Preface; Automatic Segmentation of the Optic Radiation Using DTI in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Glaucoma, by Ahmed El-Rafei, Tobias Engelhorn, Simone Waerntges, Arnd Doerfler, Joachim Hornegger, Georg Michelson; Real Time Colour Based Player Tracking in Indoor Sports, by Catarina B. Santiago, Armando Sousa, Lu?s Paulo Reis, Maria Lu?sa Estriga; Visualization of the Dynamics of the Female Pelvic Floor Reflex and Steady State Function, by Christos E. Constantinou, Qiyu Peng, Sadao Omata; Population exposure and impact assessment - Benefits of modeling urban land use in very high spatial and thematic detail, by Christoph Aubrecht, Mario K?stl, Klaus Steinnocher; Dynamic radiography imaging as a tool in the design and validation of a novel intelligent amputee socket, by George Papaioannou, Dimitrios Tsiokos, Goeran Fiedler, Christos Mitrogiannis, Ilya Adveev, Jake Wood, Ray McKinney ; A discrete level set approach for texture analysis of microscol3‚