Information Processing in Medical Imaging: 15th International Conference, IPMI'97, Poultney, Vermont, USA, June 9-13, 1997, Proceedings [Paperback]

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging, IPMI'97, held in Poultney, Vermont, USA, in June 1997.
The 27 revised full papers presented were selected from a total of 96 submissions; also included are 31 poster presentations. The book is divided into topical sections on shape models and matching, novel imaging methods, segmentation, image quality and statistical character of measured data, registration/mapping, statistical models in functional neuroimaging, and MR analysis and processing.Automatic construction of eigenshape models by Genetic Algorithm.- Quadratic variation of deformations.- The softassign Procrustes matching algorithm.- Acoustic and elastic imaging to model disease-induced changes in soft tissue structure.- 2D intravascular E.I.T. using a non-iterative, non-linear reconstruction algorithm.- Optimal data types in optical tomography.- Using spatial-temporal images for analysis of gated cardiac tomographic data: The M-Mode revisited.- Automated segmentation of brain exterior in MR images driven by empirical procedures and anatomical knowledge.- Automated 3D segmentation using deformable models and fuzzy affinity.- Segmentation of medical image objects using deformable shape loci.- Mapping the cerebral sulci: Application to morphological analysis of the cortex and to non-rigid registration.- Bayesian detection of random signals on random backgrounds.- Approximate distributions for Maximum Likelihood and maximum a posteriori estimates under a Gaussian noise model.- Continuous Gaussian mixture modeling.- New statistical models for randoms-precorrected PET scans.- Registration of 3D medical images using simple morphological tools.- Deformation for image guided interventions using a three component tissue model.- Registration of abdominal CT and SPECT images using Compton scatter data.- Definition of volume transformations for volume interaction.- Nonlinear versulS(