Applied Medical Image Processing: A Basic Course [With DVD ROM] (Hardcover, 2)

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