Volume 6141 Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display

Chairs/Editors: Kevin R. Cleary, Robert L. Galloway, Jr.

Conference Committee

AUGMENTED REALITY AND VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY AND ENDOSCOPY

Image-based rendering method for mapping endoscopic video onto CT-based endoluminal views [6141-1]

L. Rai, W. Higgins

Dual modality virtual colonoscopy workstation: design, implementation, and preliminary evaluation [6141-2]

D. Chen, M. Meissner

Development of a navigation system for endoluminal brachytherapy in human lungs [6141-3]

I. Wegner, M. Vetter, M. Schoebinger, I. Wolf, H. Meinzer

Augmented reality visualization for thoracoscopic spine surgery [6141-4]

F. Sauer, S. Vogt, A. Khamene, S. Heining, E. Euler, M. Schneberger, K. Zuerl, W. Mutschler

Simulation of guide-wire navigation in complex vascular structures [6141-5]

V. Guilloux, P. Haigron, C. Goksu, C. Kulik, A. Lucas

VISUALIZATION AND RENDERING

A novel visualization method for the ribs within chest volume data [6141-6]

A. Kiraly, S. Qing, H. Shen

Visualizing the beating heart: interactive direct volume rendering of high-resolution CT time seriesusing standard PC hardware [6141-7]

H. Lehmann, O. Ecabert, D. Geller, G. Kiefer, J. Weese

Fast maximum intensity projection with 3D nonlinear wavelets [6141-8]

M. Héritier, R. Noumeir

Representation and visualization of variability in a 3D anatomical atlas using the kidney as an example[6141-9]

S. Hacker, H. Handels

Visualization of tumor-influenced 3D lung dynamics [6141-10]

A. Santhanam, C. Fidopiastis, K. Langen, S. Meeks, P. Kupelian, L. Davis, J. Rolland

Surface reconstruction from orthogonal contours [6141-11]

H. Zhang, J. Nosher, P. Yim

REGISTRATION AND SEGMENTATION

Robust surface registration using salient anatomical features in image-guided liver surgery [6141-12]

L. Clements, D. Cash, W. Chapman, R. Galloway, Jr., M. Miga

A realistic simulation framework for assessing deformable slice-to-volume (CT-fluoroscopy/CT) registration[6141-13]

Z. Yaniv, R. Stenzel, K. Cleary, F. Banovac

Shape-based segmentation and visualization techniques for evaluation of atherosclerotic plaques incoronary artery disease [6141-14]

D. Rinck, S. Krüger, A. Reimann, M. Scheuering

Image segmentation and registration for the analysis of joint motion from 3D MRI [6141-15]

Y. Hu, D. Haynor, M. Fassbind, E. Rohr, W. Ledoux

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

Assesment of metallic distortions of an electromagnetic tracking system [6141-17]

S. Kirsch, C. Schilling, G. Brunner

Method for estimating dynamic EM tracking accuracy of surgical navigation tools [6141-18]

C. Nafis, V. Jensen, L. Beauregard, P. Anderson

Fluoroscopy based accuracy assessment of electromagnetic tracking [6141-19]

Z. Yaniv, K. Cleary

A system for rapid prototyping of hearts with congenital malformations based on the medical imaginginteraction toolkit (MITK) [6141-20]

I. Wolf, T. Böttger, U. Rietdorf, D. Maleike, G. Greil, L. Sieverding, S. Miller, S. Mottl-Link, H. Meinzer

Comprehensive, powerful, efficient, intuitive: a new software framework for clinical imaging applications[6141-21]

K. Augustine, D. Holmes III, D. Hanson, R. Robb

Creation of 4D imaging data using open source image registration software [6141-22]

K. Wong, L. Ibanez, T. Popa, K. Cleary

ULTRASOUND

Percutaneous scaphoid pinning using ultrasound guidance [6141-23]

M. Beek, P. Abolmaesumi, T. Chen, R. Sellens, D. Pichora

A hybrid deformable model for simulating prostate brachytherapy [6141-24]

D. Levin, A. Fenster, H. Ladak

Assessing the feasibility of ultrasound-initialized deformable bone models [6141-25]

H. Talib, K. Rajamani, J. Kowal, M. Styner, M. González Ballester

3D segmentation of kidney tumors from freehand 2D ultrasound [6141-26]

A. Ahmad, D. Cool, B. Chew, S. Pautler, T. Peters

3D ultrasound image guidance system used in RF uterine adenoma and uterine bleeding ablation system[6141-27]

M. Ding, X. Luo, C. Cai, C. Zhou, A. Fenster

DISPLAY

Temporal response measurements of medical liquid crystal displays [6141-29]

H. Liang, A. Badano

Performance evaluation of a commercial system for quantitative measurement of display resolution [6141-30]

E. Cleland, E. Samei

Optimizing the image contrast on the softcopy displays [6141-31]

J. Fan, H. Roehrig, M. Sundareshan, E. Krupinski

MODELING

Image stabilisation of the beating heart by local linear interpolation [6141-32]

M. Gröger, G. Hirzinger

Exponential elastic model and its application in real-time simulation [6141-33]

H. Zhong, T. Peters

Pre-operative simulation and post-operative validation of soft-tissue deformations for breast implantationplanning [6141-34]

L. Roose, W. De Maerteleire, W. Mollemans, F. Maes, P. Suetens

An optimal three-stage method for anatomical shape reconstruction from sparse information using adense surface point distribution model [6141-36]

G. Zheng, K. Rajamani

NAVIGATION AND LOCALIZATION

Integration of real-time x-ray fluoroscopy, rotational x-ray imaging, and real-time catheter tracking forimproved navigation in interventional cardiac electrophysiology procedures [6141-37]

R. Manzke, R. Chan, G. Shechter, S. Sokka, D. Stanton, Z. Malchano, V. Rasche, V. Reddy

Targeted endomyocardial injections of therapeutic cells using x-ray fused with MRI guidance [6141-38]

L. Gutiérrez, R. de Silva, E. McVeigh, C. Ozturk, R. Lederman

Endoscopic navigation system using 2D/3D registration [6141-39]

J. Hummel, M. Figl, H. Bergmann, W. Birkfellner

Minimization of tool tracking error using fulcrum correction in minimally invasive interventions: applicationto prostate biopsy procedure [6141-40]

D. Cool, S. Sherebrin, J. Izawa, T. Peters, A. Fenster

REGISTRATION, MODELING, AND SEGMENTATION

Rapid registration of multimodal images using a reduced number of voxels [6141-42]

X. Huang, N. Hill, J. Ren, T. Peters

A piecewise function-to-structure registration algorithm for image-guided cardiac catheter ablation [6141-43]

Y. Su, D. Holmes III, M. Rettmann, R. Robb

3D soft tissue predictions with a tetrahedral mass tensor model for a maxillofacial planning system: aquantitative validation study [6141-44]

W. Mollemans, F. Schutyser, N. Nadjmi, F. Maes, P. Suetens

A Laplace equation approach for shape comparison [6141-45]

E. Pichon, D. Nain, M. Niethammer

Automatic anatomical segmentation of the liver by separation planes [6141-46]

D. Boltcheva, N. Passat, V. Agnus, M. Jacob-Da Col, C. Ronse, L. Soler

Tumor volume measurement and volume measurement comparison plug-ins for VolView using ITK [6141-47]

T. Popa, L. Ibanez, E. Levy, A. White, J. Bruno, K. Cleary

NEUROSURGERY

XFEM-based modeling of successive resections for preoperative image updating [6141-48]

L. Vigneron, P. Robe, S. Warfield, J. Verly

Comparative study of brain deformation estimation methods [6141-49]

F. Liu, K. Paulsen, K. Lunn, H. Sun, A. Hartov, Z. Wu, D. Roberts

Integration of patient specific modeling and advanced image processing techniques for image-guidedneurosurgery [6141-50]

N. Archip, A. Fedorov, B. Lloyd, N. Chrisochoides, A. Golby, P. Black, S. Warfield

Automated brain shift correction using a pre-computed deformation atlas [6141-51]

P. Dumpuri, R. Thompson, T. Sinha, M. Miga

RADIATION ONCOLOGY AND OTHER

Incorporating seed orientation in brachytherapy implant reconstruction [6141-53]

Y. Zhou, A. Jain, G. Chirikjian, G. Fichtinger

A perspective matrix-based seed reconstruction algorithm with applications to C-arm based intra-operativedosimetry [6141-54]

S. Narayanan, P. Cho

Rapid prototype modeling in a multimodality world [6141-55]

L. Bidaut, J. Madewell, A. Yasko

3D ultrasound-based patient positioning for radiotherapy [6141-56]

M. Wang, R. Rohling, N. Archip, B. Clark

CT fluoroscopy-guided robotically-assisted lung biopsy [6141-57]

S. Xu, G. Fichtinger, R. Taylor, F. Banovac, K. Cleary

Stochastic modeling, virtual refinement, and deterministic fabrication of tissue engineering scaffolds[6141-58]

S. Rajagopalan, R. Robb

DISPLAY POSTER SESSION

A virtual image chain for perceived image quality of medical display [6141-60]

C. Marchessoux, J. Jung

Measurement of MTFs for monochrome and color liquid crystal displays [6141-61]

A. Horii, M. Takamura, K. Ichikawa, Y. Kodera, M. Ikeda, T. Ishigaki

IMAGE-GUIDED PROCEDURES POSTER SESSION

Magnetic resonance imaging for image-guided implantology [6141-63]

G. Eggers, B. Kress, J. Fiebach, M. Rieker, D. Spitzenberg, R. Marmulla, H. Dickhaus, J. Mühling

Electromagnetic tracker accuracy in the CyberKnife suite [6141-64]

E. Wilson, R. Slack, F. Banovac, S. Dieterich, H. Zhang, K. Cleary

Multimodal augmented reality system for surgical microscopy [6141-65]

J. Garcia Giraldez, H. Talib, M. Caversaccio, M. Gonzalez Ballester

Near-infrared imaging and structured light ranging for automatic catheter insertion [6141-66]

V. Paquit, J. Price, R. Seulin, F. Mériaudeau, R. Farahi, K. Tobin, Jr., T. Ferrell

Feasibility study for image guided kidney surgery: assessment of required intraoperative surface foraccurate image to physical space registrations [6141-67]

A. Benincasa, L. Clements, S. Herrell, S. Chang, M. Cookson, R. Galloway

Computerized fluoroscopy with zero-dose image updates for minimally invasive femoral diaphysealfracture reduction [6141-68]

G. Zheng, X. Dong

An effective technique for calibrating the intrinsic parameters of a vascular C-arm from a planar target[6141-69]

S. Gorges, E. Kerrien, M. Berger, Y. Trousset, J. Pescatore, R. Anxionnat, L. Picard

Noninvasive CT to Iso-C3D registration for improved intraoperative visualization in computer assistedorthopedic surgery [6141-70]

T. Rudolph, L. Ebert, J. Kowal

IGSTK: framework and example application using an open source toolkit for image-guided surgeryapplications [6141-71]

P. Cheng, H. Zhang, H. Kim, K. Gary, M. Blake, D. Gobbi, S. Aylward, J. Jomier, A. Enquobahrie, R. Avila, L. Ibanez, K. Cleary

MODELING POSTER SESSION

Volumetric CT measurement of the ischial tuberosities for designing analytical models of decubitus ulcers[6141-73]

D. Holmes III, R. Robb

Segmentation of the left and right cardiac ventricle using a combined bi-temporal statistical model [6141-74]

D. Fritz, D. Rinck, R. Dillmann, M. Scheuering

Computational flow dynamics in patient specific model of cardiovascular system using CT and MRI [6141-75]

S. Yamamoto, H. Bartsch, S. Maruyama, S. Yoneyama, S. Wada, T. Yamaguchi, H. Naito

A subdivision-based parametric deformable model for surface extraction and statistical shape modelingof the knee cartilages [6141-76]

J. Fripp, S. Crozier, S. Warfield, S. Ourselin

Optimizing needle placement in treatment planning of radiofrequency ablation [6141-77]

C. Chen, M. Miga, R. Galloway

Automatic surface correspondence methods for a deformed breast [6141-78]

D. Schuler III, J. Ou, S. Barnes, M. Miga

NEURO POSTER SESSION

A pediatric brain structure atlas from T1-weighted MR images [6141-79]

Z. Shan, C. Parra, Q. Ji, R. Ogg, Y. Zhang, F. Laningham, W. Reddick

Flow visualization for qualitative assessment of brain shift [6141-80]

L. Zagorchev, A. Goshtasby, M. Satter

Localization and labeling of rat brain in MR image based on Paxinos-Watson atlas [6141-82]

J. Cao, C. Cai, M. Ding, C. Zhou

Subdural and depth electrode placement in the brain for validation of MEG in partial epilepsy [6141-83]

M. Siadat, K. Elisevich, H. Soltanian-Zadeh, K. Jafari-Khouzani, S. Bowyer

Robust surface registration for brain PET-CT fusion [6141-84]

H. Lee, H. Hong

Registration of laser range image of cortical surface to preoperative brain MR images for image-guidedneurosurgery: preliminary results [6141-85]

B. Tsagaan, K. Abe, K. Iwami, S. Yamamoto, S. Terakawa

Segmentation of brain volume based on 3D region growing by integrating intensity and edge for image-guided surgery [6141-86]

B. Tsagaan, K. Abe, M. Goto, S. Yamamoto, S. Terakawa

Knowledge modeling in image-guided neurosurgery: application in understanding intraoperative brainshift [6141-87]

J. Cohen-Adad, P. Paul, X. Morandi, P. Jannin

REGISTRATION POSTER SESSION

Assessment of radio frequency ablation treatment of hepatic tumors [6141-88]

P. Hemler, E. McCreedy, R. Cheng, B. Wood, M. McAuliffe

Fast 2D-3D marker-based registration of CT and x-ray fluoroscopy images for image-guided surgery[6141-89]

H. Hong, K. Kim, S. Park

Sequential intrinsic and extrinsic geometry calibration in fluoro CT imaging with a mobile C-arm [6141-90]

A. Cheryauka, S. Breham, W. Christensen

Spatio-temporal analysis tool for modeling pulmonary nodules in MR images [6141-91]

L. Shen, H. Huang, J. Ford, C. Lu, L. Gao, W. Zheng, F. Makedon, J. Pearlman

ITK implementation of deformable registration methods for time-varying (4D) imaging data [6141-92]

T. Popa, L. Ibáñez, K. Cleary, K. Wong

A novel 2D-3D registration algorithm for aligning fluoro images with 3D pre-op CT/MR images [6141-93]

H. Sundar, A. Khamene, C. Xu, F. Sauer, C. Davatzikos

ULTRASOUND POSTER SESSION

A novel ultrasound-guided shoulder arthroscopic surgery [6141-94]

K. Tyryshkin, P. Mousavi, M. Beek, T. Chen, D. Pichora, P. Abolmaesumi

Freehand 3D ultrasound calibration using an electromagnetically tracked needle [6141-95]

H. Zhang, F. Banovac, A. White, K. Cleary

Ultrasound self-calibration [6141-96]

E. Boctor, I. Iordachita, G. Fichtinger, G. Hager

VISUALIZATION POSTER SESSION

Embedding VTK and ITK into a visual programming and rapid prototyping platform [6141-97]

M. Koenig, W. Spindler, J. Rexilius, J. Jomier, F. Link, H. Peitgen

Interactive dual-volume rendering visualization with real-time fusion and transfer function enhancement[6141-98]

H. Macready, J. Kim, D. Feng, W. Cai

Volume rendering segmented data using 3D textures: a practical approach for intra-operative visualization[6141-99]

N. Subramanian, R. Mullick, V. Vaidya

Slice cutting and partial exposing techniques for three-dimensional texture-based volume rendering[6141-100]

L. Wu, V. Amin, T. Ryken

A 3D summary display for reporting organ tumors and other pathologies [6141-101]

H. Shen, M. Shao

Graphics hardware based volumetric medical dataset visualization and classification [6141-102]

Q. Zhang, R. Eagleson, T. Peters

High quality GPU rendering with displaced pixel shading [6141-103]

H. Zhang, J. Choi

Volume 6142 Medical Imaging 2006: Physics of Medical Imaging

Chairs/Editors: Michael J. Flynn, Jiang Hsieh

Conference Committee

KEYNOTE SESSION

Low cost digital radiographic imaging systems: the x-ray light valve [6142-3]

J. Rowlands, C. Webster, I. Koprinarov, P. Oakham, K. Schad, T. Szeto, S. Germann

A multi-beam x-ray imaging system based on carbon nanotube field emitters [6142-4]

J. Zhang, G. Yang, Y. Lee, Y. Cheng, B. Gao, Q. Qiu, J. Lu, O. Zhou

MAMMOGRAPHY

Applying the European protocol for the quality control of the physical and technical aspects ofmammography screening threshold contrast visibility assessment to digital systems [6142-108]

R. Van Metter, M. Heath, L. Fletcher-Heath

Comparison of software and human observers in reading images of the CDMAM test object to assessdigital mammography systems [6142-6]

K. Young, J. Cook, J. Oduko, H. Bosmans

Anatomically adaptable automatic exposure control (AEC) for amorphous selenium (a-Se) full fielddigital mammography (FFDM) system [6142-7]

M. Varjonen, P. Strömmer

Preliminary investigation of dose for a dedicated mammotomography system [6142-8]

R. McKinley, M. Tornai

Comparison of polychromatic and monochromatic x-rays for imaging [6142-9]

M. Hoheisel, P. Bernhardt, R. Lawaczeck, H. Pietsch

Optimization of operating conditions in photon-counting multi-slit mammography based on Si-stripdetectors [6142-10]

M. Åslund, B. Cederström, M. Lundqvist, M. Danielsson

TOMOSYNTHESIS

Evaluation of a photon-counting breast tomosynthesis imaging system [6142-11]

A. Maidment, C. Ullberg, K. Lindman, L. Adelöw, J. Egerström, M. Eklund, T. Francke, U. Jordung, T. Kristoffersson, L. Lindqvist, D. Marchal, H. Olla, E. Penton, J. Rantanen, S. Solokov, N. Weber, H. Westerberg

High-speed large angle mammography tomosynthesis system [6142-12]

J. Eberhard, P. Staudinger, J. Smolenski, J. Ding, A. Schmitz, J. McCoy, M. Rumsey, A. Al-Khalidy, W. Ross, C. Landberg, B. Claus, P. Carson, M. Goodsitt, H. Chan, M. Roubidoux, J. Thomas, J. Osland

Quantification for contrast-enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis [6142-13]

A. Carton, J. Li, M. Albert, S. Chen, A. Maidment

Gaussian frequency blending algorithm with matrix inversion tomosynthesis (MITS) and filtered backprojection (FBP) for better digital breast tomosynthesis reconstruction [6142-14]

Y. Chen, J. Lo, J. Baker, J. Dobbins III

Optimizing filtered backprojection reconstruction for a breast tomosynthesis prototype device [6142-15]

T. Mertelmeier, J. Orman, W. Haerer, M. Dudam

X-RAY CT: CARDIAC

Motion artifacts from an inverse-geometry CT system with multiple detector arrays [6142-16]

S. Mazin, N. Pelc

Design considerations in cardiac CT [6142-17]

H. Bruder, K. Stierstorfer, C. McCullough, R. Raupach, M. Petersilka, M. Grasruck, C. Suess, B. Ohnesorge, T. Flohr

Effect of heart rate on CT angiography using the enhanced cardiac model of the 4D NCAT [6142-18]

W. Segars, K. Taguchi, G. Fung, E. Fishman, B. Tsui

Toward time resolved 4D cardiac CT imaging with patient dose reduction: estimating the global heart motion[6142-19]

K. Taguchi, W. Segars, G. Fung, B. Tsui

Optimized time window for cardiac CT reconstruction based on Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) data [6142-20]

R. Guerra, A. Codreanu, Y. Ponvianne, R. Grosjean, J. Felblinger

ECG gated continuous circular cone-beam multi-cycle reconstruction for in-stent coronary arteryimaging: a phantom study [6142-21]

U. van Stevendaal, P. Koken, P. Begemann, R. Koester, G. Adam, M. Grass

OPTICAL AND MR IMAGING

Impact of noise on image reconstruction for diffuse optical tomography [6142-22]

T. Nielsen, T. Köhler

High-resolution multiphoton optical tomography of tissues: an in vitro and in vivo study [6142-23]

I. Riemann, K. Schenke-Layland, A. Ehlers, E. Dimitrow, M. Kaatz, P. Elsner, S. Martin, K. König

Generalized auto-calibrating technique for image reconstruction from sensitivity encoded MRI data [6142-24]

E. Kholmovski, D. Parker

Reducing temporal fluctuations in MRI with the multichannel method SENSE [6142-25]

S. Moeller, P. Van de Moortele, U. Goerke, K. U urbil

Description of statistical theory of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [6142-26]

T. Lei

X-RAY IMAGING DETECTORS I

Performance evaluation of dual-crystal APD-based detector modules for positron emission tomography[6142-27]

C. Pepin, P. Bérard, J. Cadorette, M. Tétrault, J. Leroux, J. Michaud, S. Robert, H. Dautet, M. Davies, R. Fontaine, R. Lecomte

High voltage protection in active matrix flat-panel imagers [6142-28]

J. Lehnert, W. Zhao

Low-noise pixel architecture for advanced diagnostic medical x-ray imaging applications [6142-29]

M. Izadi, K. Karim, A. Nathan, J. Rowlands

A new 2D-tiled detector for multislice CT [6142-30]

R. Luhta, M. Chappo, B. Harwood, R. Mattson, D. Salk, C. Vrettos

Novel CT detector based on an inorganic scintillator working in photon-counting mode [6142-31]

P. Bérard, J. Riendeau, C. Pepin, D. Rouleau, J. Cadorette, R. Fontaine, R. Lecomte

Three-dimensional columnar CsI model for x-ray imaging system simulations using MANTIS: validatingfor noise, blur, and light output [6142-32]

A. Badano, I. Kyprianou, J. Sempau

X-RAY CT: SYSTEMS

Evaluation of noise and resolution properties of penalized-likelihood CT sinogram smoothing andrestoration algorithms [6142-33]

P. La Rivière, P. Vargas

Comparison of three sinogram restoration methods [6142-34]

P. Forthmann, T. Köhler, M. Defrise, P. La Rivière

Investigation of image lag in a high-speed flat panel detector-based cone beam CT imaging system [6142-35]

Y. Zhang, R. Ning, D. Conover

Design and development of C-arm based cone-beam CT for image-guided interventions: initial results[6142-36]

G. Chen, J. Zambelli, B. Nett, M. Supanich, C. Riddell, B. Belanger, C. Mistretta

A novel cone beam breast CT scanner: preliminary system evaluation [6142-37]

R. Ning, D. Conover, Y. Yu, Y. Zhang, W. Cai, X. Lu, R. Betancourt-Benitez

Guidance for cone-beam CT design: tradeoff between view sampling rate and completeness ofscanning trajectories [6142-38]

G. Chen, J. Siewerdsen, S. Leng, D. Moseley, B. Nett, J. Hsieh, D. Jaffray, C. Mistretta

INNOVATIVE IMAGING

Application of x-ray computed tomography based on the refraction contrast to biomedicine [6142-39]

E. Hashimoto, A. Maksimenko, H. Sugiyama, K. Hyodo, D. Shimao, T. Yuasa, Y. Nishino, T. Ishikawa, K. Mori, Y. Arai, K. Hirano, M. Ando

3D cryo-section/imaging of blood vessel lesions for validation of MRI data [6142-40]

O. Salvado, D. Roy, M. Heinzel, E. McKinley, D. Wilson

Performance of different reflectance and diffuse optical imaging tomographic approaches in fluorescencemolecular imaging of small animals [6142-41]

J. Dinten, P. Petié, A. da Silva, J. Boutet, A. Koenig, L. Hervé, M. Berger, A. Laidevant, P. Rizo

Image quality assessment of a pre-clinical flat-panel volumetric micro-CT scanner [6142-42]

L. Du, T. Lee, D. Holdsworth

Rotating slat collimator design for high-energy near-field imaging [6142-43]

A. Sharma, C. Floyd, B. Harrawood, G. Tourassi, A. Kapadia, J. Bender, J. Lo, C. Howell

X-RAY IMAGING

Regional exposure management with spatial x-ray gating [6142-44]

D. Yatsenko, R. Anderton, K. Sikorski, R. Kirby

Applying a proposed definition for receptor dose to digital projection images [6142-45]

R. Van Metter, J. Yorkston

The impact of angular separation on the performance of biplane correlation imaging for lung noduledetection [6142-46]

N. Nasab, E. Samei

Evaluation of a physical based approach of scattered radiation correction in cone beam CT with ananthropomorphic thorax phantom [6142-47]

J. Rinkel, L. Gerfault, F. Estève, J. Dinten

Scatter correction for cone-beam computed tomography using simulated object models [6142-48]

M. Bertram, J. Wiegert, G. Rose

Development of next generation digital flat panel catheterization system: design principles andvalidation methodology [6142-49]

B. Belanger, F. Betraoui, P. Dhawale, P. Gopinath, P. Tegzes, B. Vagvolgyi

DUAL ENERGY X-RAY IMAGING

High-performance dual-energy imaging with a flat-panel detector: imaging physics from blackboard tobenchtop to bedside [6142-50]

J. Siewerdsen, N. Shkumat, A. Dhanantwari, D. Williams, S. Richard, M. Daly, N. Paul, D. Moseley, D. Jaffray, J. Yorkston, R. Van Metter

The impact of cardiac gating on the detection of coronary calcifications in dual-energy chest radiography:a phantom study [6142-51]

J. Sabol, R. Liu, R. Saunders, J. Markley, N. Moreno, J. Seamans, S. Wiese, K. Jabri, R. Gilkeson

Accuracy and precision of dual energy CT imaging for the quantification of tissue fat content [6142-52]

D. Walter, E. Tkaczyk, X. Wu

Dual-energy imaging using a photon counting detector with electronic spectrum-splitting [6142-53]

H. Bornefalk, M. Lundqvist

Multispectral single-scan lung imaging system: initial feasibility [6142-54]

G. Besson, K. Crocker

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION

Simulated and experimental technique optimization of dual-energy radiography: abdominal imagingapplications [6142-55]

J. Sabol, S. Wheeldon, K. Jabri

Light transport in trabecular bone: Monte Carlo simulation based on 3D triangle meshes [6142-56]

E. Margallo-Balbás, P. French, P. Wieringa

Optimal spectra for indirect detector breast tomosynthesis [6142-57]

S. Glick, X. Gong

Development of a computer-generated model for the coronary arterial tree based on multislice CT andmorphometric data [6142-58]

G. Fung, W. Segars, K. Taguchi, E. Fishman, B. Tsui

Monte Carlo simulation of x-ray scatter based on patient model from digital breast tomosynthesis

B. Liu, T. Wu, R. Moore, D. Kopans

Breast cancer diagnosis using neutron stimulated emission computed tomography: dose and countrequirements [6142-60]

C. Floyd Jr., J. Bender, B. Harrawood, A. Sharma, A. Kapadia, G. Tourassi, J. Lo, C. Howell

X-RAY IMAGING DETECTORS II

Theoretical investigation of very high-quantum-efficiency segmented crystalline detectors for low-contrast visualization in megavoltage cone-beam CT [6142-61]

Y. Wang, L. Antonuk, Y. El-Mohri, A. Sawant, Q. Zhao, H. Du, Y. Li

CMOS cassette for digital upgrade of film-based mammography systems [6142-62]

M. Baysal, E. Toker

New light-amplifier-based detector designs for high spatial resolution and high sensitivity CBCTmammography and fluoroscopy [6142-63]

S. Rudin, A. Kuhls, G. Yadava, G. Josan, Y. Wu, R. Chityala, H. Rangwala, N. Ionita, K. Hoffmann, D. Bednarek

Effect of ghosting on the modulation transfer function of amorphous selenium based flat paneldetectors [6142-64]

L. Chowdhury, O. Tousignant, G. DeCrescenzo, P. Gauthier, J. Leboeuf, J. Rowlands

Single-photon spatial and energy resolution enhancement of a columnar CsI(Tl)/EMCCD gamma-camerausing maximum-likelihood estimation [6142-65]

B. Miller, H. Barber, H. Barrett, I. Shestakova, B. Singh, V. Nagarkar

CT AND DR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

A practical method for measuring the H matrix of digital x-ray and cone beam CT imaging systems [6142-66]

I. Kyprianou, A. Badano, B. Gallas, S. Park, K. Myers

Experimental spectral measurements of heavy K-edge filtered beams for x-ray computed mammotomography[6142-67]

D. Crotty, R. McKinley, M. Tornai

Preliminary validation of a new methodology for estimating dose reduction protocols in neonatal chestcomputed radiographs [6142-68]

S. Don, B. Whiting, C. Hildebolt, W. Sehnert, J. Ellinwood, K. Töpfer, P. Masoumzadeh, R. Kraus, K. Kronemer, T. Herman, W. McAlister

A method to measure the temporal MTF to determine the DQE of fluoroscopy systems [6142-69]

S. Friedman, I. Cunningham

A novel method to characterize the MTF in 3D for computed mammotomography [6142-70]

P. Madhav, R. McKinley, E. Samei, J. Bowsher, M. Tornai

Measurement of the spatial resolution of a clinical volumetric computed tomography scanner using asphere phantom [6142-71]

M. Thornton, M. Flynn

CONE BEAM RECONSTRUCTION

Extension of the reconstruction field-of-view using sinogram decomposition [6142-72]

A. Zamyatin, M. Silver, S. Nakanishi

Suppression of motion-induced streak artifacts along chords in fan-beam BPF-reconstructions ofmotion-contaminated projection data [6142-73]

M. King, D. Xia, L. Yu, X. Pan, M. Giger

Reconstructions from parallel- and fan-beam data with truncations [6142-74]

D. Xia, Y. Zou, X. Pan

Iterative reconstruction of a region of interest for transmission tomography [6142-75]

A. Ziegler, T. Nielsen, M. Grass

An iterative algorithm for soft tissue reconstruction from truncated flat panel projections [6142-76]

D. Langan, B. Claus, P. Edic, R. Vaillant, B. De Man, S. Basu, M. Iatrou

CT IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION

Conjugate backprojection approach for cone beam artifact reduction [6142-77]

J. Hsieh, X. Tang

Cone-beam local tomography image reconstruction on chords [6142-78]

M. Anastasio, E. Sidky, Y. Zou, X. Pan

3D-weighted cone beam filtered backprojection (CB-FBP) algorithm for image reconstruction at low-helicalpitches to improve noise characteristics and dose efficiency [6142-79]

X. Tang, J. Hsieh, R. Nilsen

ROI-image reconstruction for a circle-arc trajectory [6142-80]

Y. Zou, D. Xia, X. Pan

Accurate image reconstruction in CT from projection data taken at few-views [6142-81]

E. Sidky, C. Kao, X. Pan

A new reconstruction algorithm for Radon data [6142-82]

Y. Xu, O. Tischenko, C. Hoeschen

X-RAY CT POSTER SESSION

Data pre-processing for quantification in tomography and radiography with a digital flat panel detector[6142-83]

J. Rinkel, L. Gerfault, F. Estève, J. Dinten

Flat panel detector-based cone beam CT for dynamic imaging: system evaluation [6142-84]

R. Ning, D. Conover, Y. Yu, Y. Zhang, W. Cai, D. Yang, X. Lu

Experimental comparison of cone beam CT (CBCT) reconstruction and multiview reconstruction (MVR)for microangiography (MA) detector system [6142-85]

V. Patel, A. Kuhls, P. Noël, A. Walczak, C. Ionita, R. Chityala, R. Tranquebar, H. Rangwala, S. Kasodekar, K. Hoffmann, D. Bednarek, S. Rudin

Geometry calibration phantom design for 3D imaging [6142-86]

B. Claus

Impact of CT detector pixel-to-pixel crosstalk on image quality [6142-87]

K. Engel, L. Spies, G. Vogtmeier, R. Luhta

Image quality improvement and exposure dose reduction with the combined use of X-ray modulationand Boost3D [6142-88]

M. Kazama, S. Tsukagoshi, M. Okumura

Windmill artifacts analysis in MSCT [6142-89]

O. Amir, I. Sabo-Napadensky

Amplitude correlated 4-dimensional cone beam CT [6142-90]

J. Lu, X. Zhu, P. Munro, P. Chi, R. Mohan, T. Pan

Combination of CT scanning and fluoroscopy imaging on a flat-panel CT scanner [6142-91]

M. Grasruck, R. Gupta, B. Reichardt, Ch. Suess, B. Schmidt, K. Stierstorfer, S. Popescu, T. Brady, T. Flohr

Comparison measurements of DQE for two flat panel detectors: fluoroscopic detector vs. cone beamCT detector [6142-92]

R. Betancourt Benítez, R. Ning, D. Conover

A new scanning device in CT with dose reduction potential [6142-93]

O. Tischenko, Y. Xu, C. Hoeschen

X-ray tube voltage and image quality in adult and pediatric CT [6142-94]

W. Huda, K. Ogden, E. Scalzetti, R. Lavallee, E. Samei

DUAL ENERGY X-RAY IMAGING POSTER SESSION

Dual-energy contrast-enhanced digital mammography (DE-CEDM): optimization on digital subtractionwith practical x-ray low/high-energy spectra [6142-95]

B. Chen, Z. Jing, A. Smith, S. Parikh, Y. Parisky

Dual-energy imaging using a digital scanned multi-slit system for mammography: evaluation of adifferential beam filtering technique [6142-96]

H. Bornefalk, M. Hemmendorff, T. Hjärn

Nonlinear dual-spectral image fusion for improving cone-beam-CT-based breast cancer diagnosis [6142-97]

Z. Chen, R. Ning, D. Conover, K. Willison

An iteration algorithm in dual-energy x-ray imaging based on polychromatic physics model [6142-99]

S. Tang, X. Mou, T. Luo

A computation method of dual-energy x-ray imaging [6142-100]

X. Mou, S. Tang, W. Hong

X-RAY IMAGING DETECTOR POSTER SESSION

The line-noise-reduction for low dose x-ray fluoroscopy with the flat panel detector [6142-101]

T. Nakamura, S. Ikeda, K. Suzuki, S. Takenouchi

Light induced degradation in amorphous silicon photodiodes and implication for diagnostic medicalimaging application [6142-102]

I. Khodami, M. Adachi, M. Malhotra, F. Taghibakhsh, J. Rowlands, K. Karim, K. Kavanagh

Temperature coefficients and noise performance and studies for the back-illuminated arrays formedical imaging applications [6142-103]

A. Goushcha, B. Tabbert, I. Goushcha

Novel x-ray image sensor using CsBr:Eu phosphor for computed radiography [6142-104]

H. Nanto, Y. Takei, A. Nishimura, Y. Nakano, T. Shouji, T. Yanagita, S. Kasai

Transparent BaCl2:Eu2+

glass-ceramic scintillator [6142-105]

G. Chen, J. Johnson, S. Schweizer, J. Woodford, P. Newman, D. MacFarlane

Energy-dependent scintillation intensity of fluorozirconate-based glass-ceramic x-ray detectors [6142-106]

S. Schweizer, B. Henke, S. Köneke, J. Johnson, G. Chen, J. Woodford

Quantitative evaluation of mercuric iodide thick film for x-ray imaging device [6142-107]

K. Kim, S. Kang, J. Park, S. Cho, B. Cha, J. Shin, S. Nam, J. Kim

MAMMOGRAPHY AND RADIOGRAPHY POSTER SESSION

Investigation of diagnostic and image quality attributes: comparison of screen-film to CR mammography[6142-5]

L. Fletcher-Heath, A. Richards, S. Ryan-Kron

Comparison of a-Se direct-conversion and CsI(Tl) indirect-conversion flat-panel digital detectors:a clinical assessment of image quality for general radiography applications [6142-109]

L. Barski, X. Wang, J. Wandtke, D. Waldman, D. Davis, D. Foos, M. Dupin, W. Huang, J. Yorkston

Novel features of the x-ray scatter profile that are not modeled by convolution of the primary [6142-110]

J. Tkaczyk, Y. Trousset, D. Walter, Y. Du, R. Thompson, D. Harrison

Effects of radiation dose level on calcification visibility in cone beam breast CT: a preliminary study[6142-111]

C. Lai, C. Shaw, M. Altunbas, Y. Meng, L. Chen, S. Tu, T. Wang, X. Liu, W. Yang, G. Whitman

An accurate scatter measurement and correction technique for cone beam breast CT imaging usingscanning sampled measurement (SSM)technique [6142-112]

X. Liu, C. Shaw, T. Wang, L. Chen, M. Altunbas, S. Kappadath

Scattered radiation in flat-detector based cone-beam CT: analysis of voxelized patient simulations [6142-113]

J. Wiegert, M. Bertram

Effects of scattered radiation and beam quality on low contrast performance in cone beam breast CT[6142-114]

M. Altunbas, C. Shaw, L. Chen, T. Wang, S. Tu

Investigation of emission contamination in the transmission image of a dual modality computedmammotomography system [6142-115]

D. Crotty, C. Brzymialkewicz, R. McKinley, M. Tornai

Comparison of scatter correction methods for CBCT [6142-116]

R. Suri, G. Virshup, L. Zurkirchen, W. Kaissl

Calculation of images from an anthropomorphic chest phantom using Monte Carlo methods [6142-117]

G. Ullman, A. Malusek, M. Sandborg, D. Dance, G. Alm Carlsson

A Monte Carlo investigation on the impact of scattered radiation on mammographic resolution andnoise [6142-118]

R. Saunders, E. Samei

A comparison of the performance of new screen-film and digital mammography systems [6142-119]

P. Monnin, D. Gutierrez, C. Castella, D. Lepori, F. Verdun

Dynamic platform for moving organ imaging [6142-120]

R. Grosjean, R. Guerra, C. Lorentz, C. Pasquier, P. Vuissoz, M. Claudon, J. Felblinger

Anode heel affect in thoracic radiology: a visual grading analysis [6142-121]

T. Mearon, P. Brennan

Scatter correction using beam stop array algorithm for cone-beam CT breast imaging [6142-122]

W. Cai, R. Ning, D. Conover

Response of a CsI/amorphous-Si flat panel detector as function of incident x-ray angle [6142-123]

J. Tkaczyk, B. Claus, D. Gonzalez Trotter, J. Eberhard

Dosimetric and image quality assessment of different acquisition protocols of a novel 64-slice CTscanner [6142-124]

C. Vite, M. Mangini, S. Strocchi, R. Novario, F. Tanzi, G. Carrafiello, L. Conte, C. Fugazzola

Novel NPS measurement method for medical liquid crystal display using periodic componentssubtraction technique [6142-125]

K. Ichikawa, Y. Kodera, A. Horii

A method of accuracy evaluation of line spread function (LSF) and point spread function (PSF) measuredin computed tomography [6142-126]

S. Wada, M. Ohkubo, T. Matsumoto, K. Nishizawa

Substrate effect on indirect digital radiography system performance [6142-127]

A. Lubinsky, K. Yip, D. Trauernicht, J. Yorkston

A robust x-ray tube spectra measuring method by attenuation data [6142-129]

Y. Yang, X. Mou, X. Chen

OPTICAL, MR, AND MICRO IMAGING POSTER SESSION

Choosing the right resolution for vessel visualization in MR angiography [6142-130]

P. Vemuri, E. Kholmovski, D. Parker

New microangiography system development providing improved small vessel imaging, increasedcontrast-to-noise ratios, and multiview 3D reconstructions [6142-131]

A. Kuhls, V. Patel, C. Ionita, P. Noël, A. Walczak, H. Rangwala, K. Hoffmann, S. Rudin

Stationary x-ray source for tomographic medical imaging [6142-132]

P. Schwoebel, J. Boone

Novel SNR determination method in parallel MRI [6142-133]

T. Miyati, H. Imai, A. Ogura, T. Doi, T. Tsuchihashi, Y. Machida

Fast parallel MRI reconstruction using B-spline approximation (PROBER) [6142-134]

J. Petr, J. Kybic, V. Hlavá , S. Müller, M. Bock

First attempt of the medical application of the refraction-based computed tomography [6142-135]

A. Maksimenko, E. Hashimoto, M. Ando, H. Sugiyama, T. Yuasa

Photo-bleaching compensation for autofocus algorithms in fluorescence microscope applications [6142-137]

P. Soda, G. Iannello

MR image reconstruction using the GPU [6142-138]

T. Schiwietz, T. Chang, P. Speier, R. Westermann

Spectral imaging of skin: experimental observations and analyses [6142-140]

J. Kerekes, N. Subramanian, K. Kearney, N. Schad

Fat/water separation in a single MRI image with arbitrary phase shift [6142-142]

M. Tisdall, M. Atkins

Spectral imaging of near-surface oxygen saturation [6142-143]

N. Subramanian, J. Kerekes, K. Kearney, N. Schad

Effects of collimator dependency and correction methods on I-123 SPECT images using x-ray-basedattenuation map [6142-144]

Y. Yang, J. Chen, C. Chang, C. Cheng, W. Huang

Discrete tomography from micro-CT data: application to the mouse trabecular bone structure [6142-145]

K. Batenburg, J. Sijbers

Development of a K-edge micro CT for the study of tumor angiogenesis in small animals [6142-146]

G. Baldazzi, D. Bollini, M. Gambaccini, R. Golfieri, P. Lollini, A. Margotti, S. Masetti, G. Nicoletti, G. Pancaldi, L. Roma, P. Rossi, M. Zuffa

Improved diagnostics using polarization imaging and artificial neural networks [6142-149]

U. Klimach, H. Zhao, Q. Chen, Y. Zou, Y. Wang, J. Xuan

Comparison of two detector systems for cone beam CT small animal imaging: a preliminary study[6142-150]

Y. Meng, C. Shaw, X. Liu, M. Altunbas, T. Wang, L. Chen, S. Tu, S. Kappadath, C. Lai

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION POSTER SESSION

Maximum likelihood reconstruction of circular cone-beam CT data [6142-151]

A. Ziegler, T. Köhler

Penalized weighted least-squares approach for low-dose x-ray computed tomography [6142-152]

J. Wang, T. Li, H. Lu, Z. Liang

An extended half-scan Feldkamp-type CT reconstruction [6142-153]

H. Liang, C. Zhang, M. Yan

Tomosynthesis reconstruction using the simultaneous algebraic reconstruction technique (SART) onbreast phantom data [6142-154]

Y. Zhang, H. Chan, B. Sahiner, J. Wei, M. Goodsitt, L. Hadjiiski, J. Ge, C. Zhou

An inversion method for the exponential radon transform based on the harmonic analysis of theEuclidean motion group [6142-155]

C. Yarman, B. Yazıcı

Elliptical extrapolation of truncated 2D CT projections using Helgason-Ludwig consistency conditions[6142-156]

G. Van Gompel, M. Defrise, D. Van Dyck

An inversion method for the cone-beam transform [6142-157]

C. Yarman, B. Yazıcı

A new approach of 3D SPECT reconstruction for near-field coded aperture imaging [6142-158]

B. Hong, Z. Mu, Y. Liu

Noise reduction for low-dose helical CT by 3D penalized weighted least-squares sinogram smoothing[6142-159]

J. Wang, T. Li, H. Lu, Z. Liang

Quarantine MAP reconstruction of PET/CT data using dual priors [6142-160]

C. Chan, S. Meikle, R. Fulton, T. Cai, D. Feng

Computer simulation of FDK reconstruction with the in-line holographic projection data [6142-161]

W. Cai, R. Ning, D. Yang

Reconstruction implementation based on a flat panel detector cone beam breast CT [6142-162]

D. Yang, R. Ning, D. Conover, Y. Yu

Interpolation method for the Mojette transform [6142-163]

M. Servières, N. Normand, J. Guédon

Image reconstruction in cone-beam CT with a spherical detector using the BPF algorithm [6142-164]

N. Zuo, Y. Zou, T. Jiang, X. Pan

Effect of random coincidences for quantitative cardiac PET studies using 3D oxygen-15 water scans[6142-165]

Y. Bouchareb, K. Thielemans, T. Spinks, O. Rimoldi, P. Camici

Acceleration of fluoro-CT reconstruction for a mobile C-arm on GPU and FPGA hardware: a simulationstudy [6142-166]

X. Xue, A. Cheryauka, D. Tubbs

Comparison of full-scan and half-scan for cone beam breast CT imaging [6142-167]

L. Chen, C. Shaw, C. Lai, M. Altunbas, T. Wang, S. Tu, X. Liu

A backprojection filtered image reconstruction algorithm for circular cone-beam CT [6142-168]

L. Li, Z. Chen, L. Zhang, Y. Xing, K. Kang

Implementation of strip-area system model for fan-beam collimator SPECT reconstruction [6142-169]

H. Ye, A. Krol, D. Feiglin, E. Lipson, W. Lee, I. Coman

Accelerating 3D cone beam T-FDK algorithm on commodity PC graphics hardware [6142-170]

Z. Dai, Z. Chen, Y. Xing, L. Zhang

Radial intensity projection for lumen: application to CT angiographic imaging [6142-172]

H. Kokubun, O. Miyazaki, H. Hayashi

Evaluation of an algorithm for simultaneous reconstruction of activity and attenuation in 3D PET [6142-173]

J. Soto, S. Furuie

Image reconstruction from discrete Chebyshev moments via formation of lookup tables [6142-174]

B. Bayraktar, T. Bernas, J. Robinson, B. Rajwa

An approximate cone beam reconstruction algorithm for gantry-tilted CT [6142-175]

M. Yan, C. Zhang, H. Liang

Implementing an iterative reconstruction algorithm for digital breast tomosynthesis on graphics processinghardware [6142-176]

I. Goddard, T. Wu, S. Thieret, A. Berman, H. Bartsch

A correction method for unfunctional cell distortion using orthogonal polynomials [6142-177]

S. Tang, X. Mou, H. Yan

Implementation of a spiral CT backprojection algorithm on the cell broadband engine processor [6142-178]

O. Bockenbach, I. Goddard, S. Schuberth, M. Seebass

Cone-beam CT reconstruction using a nonlinear weighted filtered backprojection from half-scan data[6142-179]

T. Gomi, K. Koshida, T. Miyati

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION POSTER SESSION

The effect of detector resolution for quantitative analysis of neutron stimulated emission computedtomography [6142-180]

J. Bender, C. Floyd, B. Harrawood, A. Kapadia, A. Sharma, J. Jesneck

Image quality simulation and verification of x-ray volume imaging systems [6142-181]

H. Kroon, N. Schoumans, R. Snoeren

Correction of inter-crystal scatter effect in iterative image reconstruction of the jPET-D4 [6142-183]

C. Lam, N. Hagiwara, T. Obi, M. Yamaguchi, T. Yamaya, H. Murayama

A novel model of the geometric and detector response for limited angular sampling pinhole SPECT[6142-185]

C. Wietholt, I. Hsiao, A. Clough, C. Chen

Scatter correction for kilovoltage cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images using Monte Carlosimulations [6142-186]

G. Jarry, S. Graham, D. Jaffray, D. Moseley, F. Verhaegen

Discrete and continuous description of a three-dimensional scene for quality control of radiotherapytreatment planning systems [6142-187]

E. Denis, J. Guédon, S. Beaumont, N. Normand

Modeling of realistic raw data for image reconstruction: quantifying scattering noise in different CTgeometries [6142-188]

H. Schlattl, O. Tischenko, C. Hoeschen

Monte Carlo simulation for the hybrid detector design [6142-189]

S. Kim, J. Park, S. Kang, B. Cha, S. Cho, E. Jeong, S. Nam, H. Lee, H. Choi

Characterization of point spread function in linear digital tomosynthesis: a simulation study [6142-190]

G. Avinash, K. Israni, B. Li

Noise power spectrum analysis for several digital breast tomosynthesis reconstruction algorithms [6142-191]

Y. Chen, J. Lo, J. Dobbins III

Low-contrast lesion detection in tomosynthetic breast imaging using a realistic breast phantom [6142-192]

L. Zhou, J. Oldan, P. Fisher, G. Gindi

Selective photon counter for digital x-ray mammography tomosynthesis [6142-193]

A. Goldan, K. Karim, J. Rowlands

Preliminary assessment of the temporal subtraction of tomosynthesis images for improved detectionof pulmonary nodules [6142-194]

C. Li, J. Dobbins III

Measurement of slice thickness and in-plane resolution on radiographic tomosynthesis system usingmodulation transfer function (MTF) [6142-195]

B. Li, R. Saunders, R. Uppaluri

Optimal acquisition techniques for digital breast tomosynthesis screening [6142-196]

T. Wu, B. Liu, R. Moore, D. Kopans

Volume 6143 Medical Imaging 2006: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images

Chairs/Editors: Armando Manduca, Amir A. Amini

Conference Committee

Introduction

SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING

Structure and function relationship of Zebrafish embryonic heart from confocal microscopy images [6143-1]

A. Moghaddam, A. Forouhar, M. Liebling, H. Tsai, M. Gharib

Quantification of adipose tissue in a rodent model of obesity [6143-2]

D. Johnson, C. Flask, D. Wan, P. Ernsberger, D. Wilson

Precise imaging of small animals using a dual-head microPET scanner [6143-3]

C. Kao, E. Sidky, Y. Dong, X. Pan

Optimization of retrospective respiratory-gated high speed micro-CT for free-breathing mice [6143-4]

N. Ford, S. Detombe, A. Wheatley, D. Holdsworth, M. Drangova

In vivo micro-CT imaging of the murine lung via a computer controlled intermittent iso-pressure breathhold (IIBH) technique [6143-5]

E. Namati, D. Chon, J. Thiesse, G. McLennan, J. Sieren, A. Ross, E. Hoffman

CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING

Electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI): a new noninvasive imaging modality for cardiac electrophysiologyand arrhythmia [6143-6]

Y. Rudy

Analysis of four-dimensional cardiac ventricular magnetic resonance images using statistical models ofventricular shape and cardiac motion [6143-7]

H. Zhang, N. Walker, S. Mitchell, M. Thomas, A. Wahle, T. Scholz, M. Sonka

Quantitative analysis of vascular dimension and plaque composition in coronary multidetectorcomputed tomography images [6143-8]

M. Olszewski, A. Wahle, M. Vembar, L. Ciancibello, A. Kerner, R. Beyar, E. Ghersin, K. Subramanyan, M. Sonka

Using ChromaFlo intra-vascular ultrasound (IVUS) to analyze adventitial vasa vasorum distribution:considerations and recommendations [6143-9]

A. Redwood, D. Holmes III, R. Robb

VESSEL IMAGING AND DYNAMICS

Quantitative evaluation of carotid arterial plaque surface irregularity [6143-10]

J. Robinson, L. Brevetti, P. Yim

Quantification of carotid vessel atherosclerosis [6143-11]

B. Chiu, M. Egger, J. Spence, G. Parraga, A. Fenster

Pulsatile pressure measurements via harmonics-based orthogonal projection of noisy pressuregradients [6143-12]

Y. Wang, A. Moghaddam, G. Behrens, N. Fatouraee, J. Cebral, E. Choi, A. Amini

Patient-specific models of wall stress in abdominal aortic aneurysm: a comparison between MR and CT[6143-13]

S. de Putter, M. Breeuwer, F. van de Vosse, U. Kose, F. Gerritsen

Effects of parent vessel geometry on intraaneurysmal flow patterns [6143-14]

M. Castro, C. Putman, J. Cebral

Effects of segmentation on patient-specific numerical simulation of cerebral aneurysm hemodynamics[6143-15]

P. Venugopal, H. Schmitt, G. Duckwiler, D. Valentino

CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS

Imaging and CFD in the analysis of vascular disease progression [6143-16]

D. Saloner, G. Acevedo-Bolton, V. Rayz, M. Wintermark, A. Martin, B. Dispensa, W. Young, M. Lawton, J. Rapp, L. Jou

Reproducibility of brain hemodynamic simulations: an inter-solver comparison [6143-17]

X. He, P. Venugopal, J. Cebral, H. Schmitt, D. Valentino

A study of the hemodynamics of anterior communicating artery aneurysms [6143-18]

J. Cebral, M. Castro, C. Putman

Flow modification in canine intracranial aneurysm model by an asymmetric stent: studies using digitalsubtraction angiography (DSA) and image-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses [6143-19]

Y. Hoi, C. Ionita, R. Tranquebar, K. Hoffmann, S. Woodward, D. Taulbee, H. Meng, S. Rudin

Towards patient-specific modeling I: hemodynamics in a growing aneurysm [6143-20]

C. Figueroa, S. Baek, I. Vignon-Clementel, J. Humphrey, C. Taylor

Dynamic pressure at sites of virtually removed paraclinoid aneurysms: a computational fluid dynamics study[6143-21]

C. Karmonik, A. Mantha, C. Strother, G. Benndorf, R. Metcalfe

LUNG IMAGING

Effect of mixing scanner types and reconstruction kernels on the characterization of lung parenchymalpathologies: emphysema, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and normal non-smokers [6143-22]

Y. Xu, E. van Beek, G. McLennan, J. Guo, M. Sonka, E. Hoffman

A novel multipurpose tree and path matching algorithm with application to airway trees [6143-23]

J. Kaftan, A. Kiraly, D. Naidich, C. Novak

Point based methods for automatic bronchial tree matching and labeling [6143-24]

T. Bülow, C. Lorenz, R. Wiemker, J. Honko

Quantification of tumor mobility during the breathing cycle using 3D dynamic MRI [6143-25]

M. Schoebinger, C. Plathow, I. Wolf, H. Kauczor, H. Meinzer

Automated airway evaluation system for multi-slice computed tomography using airway lumendiameter, airway wall thickness and broncho-arterial ratio [6143-26]

B. Odry, A. Kiraly, C. Novak, D. Naidich, J. Lerallut

MRI ANALYSIS

Automatic three-dimensional segmentation of MR images applied to the rat uterus [6143-27]

A. Akselrod-Ballin, E. Eyal, M. Galun, E. Furman-Haran, J. Gomori, R. Basri, H. Degani, A. Brandt

Semi-automatic segmentation and quantification of 3D spinal cord data [6143-28]

R. Van Uitert, I. Bitter, J. Butman

Quantification of diffusion-weighted images (DWI) and apparent diffusion coefficient maps (ADC) in thedetection of acute stroke [6143-29]

P. Tulipano, W. Millar, C. Imielinska, X. Liu, J. Rosiene, A. D'Ambrosio

Quantitative analysis of multiple sclerosis: a feasibility study [6143-30]

L. Li, X. Li, X. Wei, D. Sturm, H. Lu, Z. Liang

A methodology to study multiple sclerosis (MS) based on distributions of standardized intensities insegmented tissue regions [6143-31]

T. Lei, J. Udupa, D. Odhner, S. Mishra, G. Wu, E. Schwartz, G. Ying, T. Iwanaga, L. Desiderio, L. Balcer

Micro-MRI-based image acquisition and processing system for assessing the response to therapeuticintervention [6143-32]

B. Vasili , G. Ladinsky, P. Saha, F. Wehrli

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

Functional microimaging: an integrated approach for advanced bone biomechanics and failure analysis[6143-33]

R. Voide, G. van Lenthe, P. Schneider, P. Thurner, P. Wyss, U. Sennhauser, M. Stampanoni, M. Stauber, J. Snedeker, R. Müller

MR elastographic methods for the evaluation of plantar fat pads: preliminary comparison of the shearmodulus for shearing deformation and compressive deformation in normal subjects [6143-35]

J. Weaver, T. Miller, P. Perrinez, M. Doyley, H. Wang, Y. Cheung, J. Wrobel, R. Comi, F. Kennedy, K. Paulsen

Imaging mechanical properties of hepatic tissue by magnetic resonance elastography [6143-34]

M. Yin, O. Rouviere, L. Burgart, J. Fidler, A. Manduca, R. Ehman

Application of multi-resolution modality independent elastography for detection of multiple anomalousobjects [6143-36]

J. Ou, S. Barnes, M. Miga

Biomechanical registration of prostate images using statistical shape models [6143-37]

P. Courtis, A. Samani

A multi-organ biomechanical model to analyze prostate deformation due to large deformation of the rectum[6143-38]

K. Brock, C. Ménard, J. Hensel, D. Jaffray

VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY I: VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY AND RELATED METHODS

Real-time CT-video registration for continuous endoscopic guidance [6143-39]

S. Merritt, L. Rai, W. Higgins

Branch identification method for CT-guided bronchoscopy based on eigenspace image matchingbetween real and virtual bronchoscopic images [6143-40]

R. Shinohara, K. Mori, D. Deguchi, T. Kitasaka, Y. Suenaga, H. Takabatake, M. Mori, H. Natori

Synchronous navigation for CT colonography [6143-41]

A. Huang, R. Summers, D. Roy

Virtual cardioscopy: interactive endocardial visualization to guide RF cardiac ablation [6143-42]

D. Holmes III, M. Rettmann, B. Cameron, J. Camp, R. Robb

Fast and accurate tract unfolding based on stable volumetric image deformation [6143-43]

T. Truong, T. Kitasaka, K. Mori, Y. Suenaga

VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY II: POLYP DETECTION AND ANALYSIS FOR CT COLONOGRAPHY

Effects of filtering on colorectal polyp detection in ultra low dose CT [6143-44]

G. Schoonenberg, A. de Vries, S. Grigorescu, J. Peters, A. Vilanova, R. Truyen, J. Stoker, F. Gerritsen

Automatic procedure to distinguish colonic polyps located on fold vs. not on fold [6143-45]

M. Franaszek, R. Summers, P. Pickhardt, J. Choi

Performance tuning of candidate determination methods for computer aided detection of colon polyps[6143-46]

I. Bitter, M. Kelsey, R. Summers

Quantitative assessment of colon distention for polyp detection in CT virtual colonoscopy [6143-47]

R. Van Uitert, I. Bitter, R. Summers, J. Choi, P. Pickhardt

A method for generating virtual unfolded view of colon using spring model [6143-48]

M. Oda, Y. Hayashi, T. Kitasaka, K. Mori, Y. Suenaga

Geometric modeling, functional parameter calculation, and visualization of the in-vivo distended rectal wallw[6143-49]

C. Haider, A. Manduca, J. Camp, J. Fletcher, R. Robb, A. Bharucha

OPTICAL IMAGING

Imaging system for creating 3D block-face cryo-images of whole mice [6143-50]

D. Roy, M. Breen, O. Salvado, M. Heinzel, E. McKinley, D. Wilson

Evaluating dynamic contrast-enhanced and photoacoustic CT to assess intra-tumor heterogeneity inxenograft mouse models [6143-51]

K. Stantz, B. Liu, M. Cao, D. Reinecke, M. Dzemidzic, Y. Liang, R. Kruger

3D in vivo imaging of GFP-expressing T-cells in mice with non-contact fluorescence moleculartomography [6143-53]

A. Garofalakis, H. Meyer, G. Zacharakis, C. Mamalaki, J. Papamatheakis, V. Ntziachristos, E. Economou, J. Ripoll

Image quantification of high-throughput tissue microarray [6143-54]

J. Wu, J. Dong, H. Zhou

SPECIAL SESSION ON OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING

Time domain optical molecular imaging of small animals in vivo [6143-55]

D. Hall

Functional imaging of small tissue volumes with diffuse optical tomography [6143-57]

A. Klose, A. Hielscher

Laminar optical tomography: high-resolution 3D functional imaging of superficial tissues [6143-58]

E. Hillman, A. Devor, A. Dunn, D. Boas

POSTER SESSION

Development and use of a kinetic FDG-PET dataset simulated from the MNI standard brain [6143-59]

D. Schottlander, A. Guimond, X. Pan, M. Brady, J. Declerck, L. Collins, A. Evans, A. Reilhac

EEG imaging methods applied to brain-computer interface [6143-61]

Q. Noirhomme, B. Macq

Spatiotemporal analysis of ERP data in emotional processing [6143-62]

J. Hu, J. Tian, L. Yang, X. Pan, J. Liu

Combination of PCA and LORETA for sources analysis of ERP data: an emotional processing study [6143-63]

J. Hu, J. Tian, L. Yang, X. Pan, J. Liu

Neuronal fiber connections based on A*-pathfinding [6143-64]

D. Merhof, F. Enders, P. Hastreiter, O. Ganslandt, R. Fahlbusch, C. Nimsky, M. Stamminger

Parameterization of motion artifacts in fMRI time series using autoregressive models for theconstruction of computer-generated phantoms [6143-66]

Y. Li, V. Morgan, D. Pickens, B. Dawant

Constrained triple-component T2 quantification in vivo [6143-69]

J. Jain, W. Reddick

Regional gray matter abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia determined with optimized voxel-based morphometry [6143-70]

X. Guo, L. Yao, Z. Jin, K. Chen

Investigation of a block matching algorithm for determining spatial constraints in morphometric analysis[6143-71]

T. Sinha, M. Miga

Plexus structure imaging with thin slab MR neurography: rotating frames, fly-throughs, and compositeprojections [6143-72]

D. Raphael, D. McIntee, J. Tsuruda, P. Colletti, R. Tatevossian, J. Frazier

Integrated modeling of PET and DTI information based on conformal brain mapping [6143-73]

G. Zou, Y. Xi, G. Heckenburg, Y. Duan, J. Hua, X. Gu

Uterine fibroid segmentation and volume measurement on MRI [6143-74]

J. Yao, D. Chen, W. Lu, A. Premkumar

Measurement of pelvic osteolytic lesions in follow-up studies after total hip arthroplasty [6143-75]

B. Castaneda, J. Tamez-Pena, S. Totterman, R. O'Keefe, R. Looney

An intensity standardization-based method for inhomogeneity correction in MRI [6143-76]

Y. Zhuge, J. Udupa, J. Liu, P. Saha

Optimized motion estimation for MRE data with reduced motion encodes [6143-77]

H. Wang, J. Weaver, M. Doyley, Q. Feng, F. Kennedy, K. Paulsen

Statistical parametric mapping for in vivo MRI assessment of morphological changes in rat articularcartilage [6143-78]

P. Chiao, Z. Xie, S. Dhamija, S. Liachenko, M. Gieseg

3D shape description of the bicipital groove of the proximal humerus [6143-79]

A. Ward, M. Schweitzer, G. Hamarneh

Motion analysis of knee joint using dynamic volume images [6143-80]

H. Haneishi, T. Kohno, M. Suzuki, H. Moriya, S. Mori, M. Endo

Multi-angle deformation analysis of Hoffa's fat pad [6143-81]

K. Stevenson, M. Schweitzer, G. Hamarneh

Real-time deformations of organ based on structural mechanics for surgical simulators [6143-82]

T. Nakaguchi, M. Tagaya, N. Tamura, N. Tsumura, Y. Miyake

Image based hemodynamic modeling of cerebral aneurysms and the determination of the risk ofrupture [6143-83]

D. Kroon, C. Slump, M. Sluzewski, W. van Rooij

Towards a patient-specific modeling II: biomechanics of a growing aneurysm [6143-84]

S. Baek, C. Figueroa, C. Taylor, J. Humphrey

Computational fluid dynamics of abdominal aortic aneurysms with patient-specific inflow boundaryconditions [6143-85]

U. Kose, S. de Putter, R. Hoogeveen, M. Breeuwer

Local influence of calcifications on the wall mechanics of abdominal aortic aneurysm [6143-86]

S. de Putter, F. van de Vosse, M. Breeuwer, F. Gerritsen

Evaluation of an asymmetric stent patch design for a patient specific intracranial aneurysm usingcomputational fluid dynamic (CFD) calculations in the computed tomography (CT) derived lumen [6143-88]

M. Kim, C. Ionita, R. Tranquebar, K. Hoffmann, D. Taulbee, H. Meng, S. Rudin

Vessel cross-section determination based on nonrigid registration and electric field model [6143-89]

D. Kang, W. Seong, J. Ra

Digital densitometric determination of clinical relative coronary flow distributions [6143-90]

G. ten Brinke, C. Slump, C. Storm

Blood flow measurement by cone-beam CT bolus imaging [6143-91]

Z. Chen, R. Ning, D. Conover, X. Lu

Gender-specific statistical models of pathological coronary arteries for generating simulated angiograms[6143-92]

I. Kyprianou, L. Thompson, D. Banh, W. Pritchard, J. Karanian, L. Rosen, K. Myers

Subtraction computed tomographic angiography: use of pre-contrast images for calcification removal[6143-93]

P. Yim, J. Nosher

On the assumption of cubic graphs of vascular networks [6143-95]

S. Cha, S. Chang, M. Gargano

Myocardial physiology measurements using contrast enhanced dynamic computed tomography:simulation of beam hardening effect [6143-96]

M. Cao, K. Stantz, Y. Liang

A method for myocardial contraction force reconstruction for tissue viability assessment [6143-97]

C. Linte, T. Peters, A. Samani

Artifact reduction in HARP strain maps using anisotropic smoothing [6143-98]

K. Abd-Elmoniem, V. Parthasarathy, J. Prince

Accurate recovery of 4D left ventricular deformations using volumetric B-splines incorporating phasebased displacement estimates [6143-99]

J. Chen, N. Tustison, A. Amini

Airway morphometry in the lungs as depicted in chest CT examinations variability of measurements[6143-100]

J. Leader, B. Zheng, F. Scuirba, H. Coxson, J. Weissfeld, C. Fuhrman, G. Maitz, D. Gur

CT acquisition technique and quantitative analysis of the lung parenchyma: variability and corrections[6143-101]

B. Zheng, J. Leader, H. Coxson, F. Scuirba, C. Fuhrman, A. Balkan, J. Weissfeld, G. Maitz, D. Gur

Algorithm of pulmonary emphysema extraction using low dose thoracic 3D CT images [6143-102]

S. Saita, M. Kubo, Y. Kawata, N. Niki, Y. Nakano, H. Omatsu, K. Tominaga, K. Eguchi, N. Moriyama

A volumetric pulmonary CT segmentation method with applications in emphysema assessment [6143-103]

J. Silva, A. Silva, B. Santos

Unsupervised extraction and quantification of the bronchial tree on ultra-low-dose vs. standard-dose CT[6143-104]

R. Wiemker, A. Ekin, R. Opfer, T. Bülow, P. Rogalla

Automated anatomical labeling algorithm of bronchial branches based on multi-slice CT images [6143-105]

J. Kawai, S. Saita, M. Kubo, Y. Kawata, N. Niki, Y. Nakano, H. Nishitani, H. Ohmatsu, K. Eguchi, N. Moriyama

Feature calculation for classification algorithm of pulmonary vein and artery [6143-106]

T. Nishio, S. Saita, M. Kubo, Y. Kawata, N. Niki, H. Ohmatsu, R. Kakinuma, N. Moriyama, K. Eguchi

Quantification and visualization of relative local ventilation on dynamic chest radiographs [6143-107]

R. Tanaka, S. Sanada, N. Okazaki, T. Kobayashi, K. Nakayama, T. Matsui, N. Hayashi, O. Matsui

High resolution multi-detector CT aided tissue analysis and quantification of lung fibrosis [6143-108]

V. Zavaletta, R. Karwoski, B. Bartholmai, R. Robb

Optimization of CT image reconstruction algorithms for the lung tissue research consortium (LTRC)[6143-109]

C. McCollough, J. Zhang, M. Bruesewitz, B. Bartholmai

Multislice CT perfusion imaging of the lung in detection of pulmonary embolism [6143-110]

H. Hong, J. Lee

Measuring blood delivery to solitary pulmonary nodules using perfusion magnetic resonance imaging[6143-111]

W. Zheng, Z. Wang, L. Shen, L. Gao, J. Ford, F. Makedon, J. Pearlman

Growth-rate estimation of pulmonary nodules in three-dimensional thoracic CT images based on CTdensity histogram analysis and its application to nodule classification [6143-112]

Y. Kawata, M. Nakaoka, N. Niki, H. Ohmatsu, M. Kusumoto, R. Kakinuma, K. Eguchi, M. Kaneko, N. Moriyama

Classifying pulmonary nodules using dynamic enhanced single slice and multi slice CT images [6143-113]

K. Minami, Y. Kawata, N. Niki, H. Ohmatsu, M. Kusumoto, K. Yamada, R. Kakinuma, K. Eguchi, K. Mori, M. Kaneko, N. Moriyama

The effect of edge-preserving image smoothing on automatic colonic polyp detection for CTcolonography [6143-114]

D. Pilkinton, I. Bitter, R. Summers, S. Campbell, J. Choi, P. Pickhardt

Wavelet analysis in virtual colonoscopy [6143-115]

S. Greenblum, J. Li, A. Huang, R. Summers

Determining patient 6-degrees-of-freedom motion from stereo infrared cameras during supine medicalimaging [6143-116]

R. Beach, B. Feng, M. Shazeeb, M. King

A new method for the quantitative analysis of gated SPECT polar scintigraphic maps [6143-117]

F. Tanzi, R. Novario, C. Bianchi, U. Nocco, S. Garancini, L. Conte

Comparing two electrical impedance tomography algorithms: Gauss-Newton and topology optimization[6143-118]

L. Motta-Mello, C. Lima, J. Aya, C. Pai, F. Moura, E. Silva, R. Gonzalez-Lima

Skin surface removal on breast microwave imagery using wavelet multiscale products [6143-119]

D. Flores-Tapia, G. Thomas, S. Pistorius

Optimal segmentation of the optic nerve head from stereo retinal images [6143-120]

M. Merickel, Jr., X. Wu, M. Sonka, M. Abramoff

Validation of a fiber-based confocal microscope for interventional image-guided procedures:correlation with multispectral optical imaging [6143-122]

D. Herzka, J. Quijano, J. Xie, S. Krueger, S. Weiss, B. Abrat, A. Osdoit, C. Cavé, C. Burnett, S. Danthi, K. Li

Computation of brain neurodegeneration in the Alzheimer's fly [6143-123]

P. Lee, Y. Huang, H. Chang, A. Chiang, Y. Ching

Cone beam computed tomography angiogenesis imaging: preliminary studies [6143-125]

D. Conover, R. Ning, S. Paoni, I. Wilson, X. Lu, Y. Zhang, B. Fenton

Reproducibility of 3D micro-CT gray-scale and structural dimension data in longitudinal studies [6143-126]

S. Jorgensen, D. Eaker, A. Vercnocke, E. Ritman

Finite element model-based tumor registration of microPET and high-resolution MR images forphotodynamic therapy in mice [6143-127]

B. Fei, H. Wang, R. Muzic, Jr., C. Flask, D. Feyes, D. Wilson, J. Duerk, N. Oleinick

Volume 6144 Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing

Chairs/Editors: Joseph M. Reinhardt, Josien P. W. Pluim

Conference Committee

Introduction

SEGMENTATION I

Image segmentation using local shape and gray-level appearance models [6144-1]

D. Seghers, D. Loeckx, F. Maes, P. Suetens

Toward fully automatic object detection and segmentation [6144-2]

H. Schramm, O. Ecabert, J. Peters, V. Philomin, J. Weese

Automatic generation of dynamic 3D models for medical segmentation tasks [6144-3]

L. Dornheim, J. Dornheim, K. Tönnies

Oriented active shape models [6144-4]

J. Liu, J. Udupa

Segmentation by surface-to-image registration [6144-5]

Z. Xie, J. Tamez-Pena, M. Gieseg, S. Liachenko, S. Dhamija, P. Chiao

SEGMENTATION II

Robust local intervertebral disc alignment for spinal MRI [6144-6]

J. Reisman, J. Höppner, S. Huang, L. Zhang, S. Lai, B. Odry, C. Novak

Level set based vertebra segmentation for the evaluation of Ankylosing Spondylitis [6144-7]

S. Tan, J. Yao, M. Ward, L. Yao, R. Summers

Segmentation of hand radiographs using fast marching methods [6144-8]

H. Chen, C. Novak

Knowledge-based segmentation of the heart from respiratory-gated CT datasets acquired without cardiaccontrast-enhancement [6144-9]

J. Dey, T. Pan, D. Choi, M. Smyczynski, H. Pretorius, M. King

Automatic cardiac MRI myocardium segmentation using graphcut [6144-10]

G. Kedenburg, C. Cocosco, U. Köthe, W. Niessen, E. Vonken, M. Viergever

Anatomical-based segmentation with stenosis bridging and gap closing in atherosclerotic cardiac MSCT[6144-11]

R. Merges, D. Rinck, M. Sühling, O. Dössel, M. Scheuering

TEXTURE

Quantifying changes in the bone microarchitecture using Minkowski-functionals and scaling vectors:a comparative study [6144-12]

C. Raeth, D. Mueller, T. Link, H. Boehm, R. Monetti

Variogram methods for texture classification of atherosclerotic plaque ultrasound images [6144-13]

O. Jeromin, M. Pattichis, C. Pattichis, E. Kyriacou, A. Nicolaides

Optimizing texture measures quantifying bone structures as well as MR-sequences at 3 Tesla:an integrative statistical approach [6144-17]

C. Raeth, D. Mueller, E. Rummeny, T. Link, M. Vogel, H. Koenig, H. Boehm, R. Monetti

Analysis of parenchymal patterns using conspicuous spatial frequency features in mammogramsapplied to the BI-RADS density rating scheme [6144-15]

P. Perconti, M. Loew

Mammographic density measured as changes in tissue structure caused by HRT [6144-16]

J. Raundahl, M. Loog, M. Nielsen

Early detection of glaucoma using fully automated disparity analysis of optic nerve head (ONH) fromstereo fundus images [6144-201]

A. Sharma, E. Corona, S. Mitra, B. Nutter

SEGMENTATION III

Automatic segmentation of vessels in breast MR sequences as a false positive elimination techniquefor automatic lesion detection and segmentation using the shape tensor [6144-18]

G. Hermosillo, X. Jiang

A dorsolateral prefrontal cortex semi-automatic segmenter [6144-19]

R. Al-Hakim, J. Fallon, D. Nain, J. Melonakos, A. Tannenbaum

Competitive segmentation of the hippocampus and the amygdala from MRI data: validation on younghealthy controls and Alzheimer’s disease patients [6144-20]

M. Chupin, D. Hasboun, R. Mukuna-Bantumbakulu, E. Bardinet, S. Baillet, S. Kinkingnéhun, L. Lemieux, B. Dubois, L. Garnero

Improved 3D live-wire method with application to 3D CT chest image analysis [6144-21]

K. Lu, W. Higgins

Automatic segmentation of pulmonary nodules on CT images by use of NCI lung image databaseconsortium [6144-22]

R. Tachibana, S. Kido

Automatic segmentation of pulmonary fissures in x-ray CT images using anatomic guidance [6144-23]

S. Ukil, M. Sonka, J. Reinhardt

MULTIRESOLUTION AND WAVELETS

A pseudo wavelet-based method for accurate tagline tracing on tagged MR images of the tongue [6144-25]

X. Yuan, C. Ozturk, G. Chi-Fishman

An improved method of wavelet image fusion for extended depth-of-field microscope imaging [6144-26]

S. Cheng, Q. Wu, H. Choi, K. Castleman

Three-band MRI image fusion utilizing the wavelet-based method optimized with two quantitativefusion metrics [6144-27]

Y. Zheng, A. Elmaghraby, H. Frigui

REGISTRATION I

Large-scale validation of non-rigid registration algorithms for atlas-based brain image segmentation[6144-28]

Q. Wang, E. D'Agostino, D. Seghers, F. Maes, D. Vandermeulen, P. Suetens

Multi-modal inter-subject registration of mouse brain images [6144-29]

X. Li, T. Yankeelov, G. Rosen, J. Gore, B. Dawant

Improved method for correction of systematic bias introduced by the sub-voxel image registrationprocess in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) [6144-30]

D. Wu, J. Suri, V. Magnotta, T. Przebinda, V. DeBrunner

Quantification of the migration and deformation of abdominal aortic aneurysm stent grafts [6144-31]

J. Mattes, I. Steingruber, M. Netzer, K. Fritscher, H. Kopf, W. Jaschke, R. Schubert

Deformable registration of abdominal CT images: tissue stiffness constraints using B-splines [6144-32]

J. West, C. Maurer, Jr., J. Dooley, G. Rohde

Multi-modal 2D-3D non-rigid registration [6144-33]

M. Prümmer, J. Hornegger, M. Pfister, A. Dörfler

REGISTRATION II

Explicit rigid and similarity image registration [6144-34]

O. Škrinjar, M. Khan

On the alignment of shapes represented by Fourier descriptors [6144-35]

K. Sjöstrand, A. Ericsson, R. Larsen

Mjolnir: deformable image registration using feature diffusion [6144-36]

L. Ellingsen, J. Prince

Non-rigid brain image registration using a statistical deformation model [6144-37]

J. Wouters, E. D'Agostino, F. Maes, D. Vandermeulen, P. Suetens

Nonrigid registration using regularization that accommodates local tissue rigidity [6144-38]

D. Ruan, J. Fessler, M. Roberson, J. Balter, M. Kessler

Nonrigid registration using a rigidity constraint [6144-39]

M. Staring, S. Klein, J. Pluim

REGISTRATION III

Reconstruction of 4D-CT data sets acquired during free breathing for the analysis of respiratory motion[6144-40]

J. Ehrhardt, R. Werner, T. Frenzel, D. Säring, W. Lu, D. Low, H. Handels

Globally optimal model-based matching of anatomical trees [6144-41]

M. Graham, W. Higgins

A comparison of FFD-based nonrigid registration and AAMs applied to myocardial perfusion MRI [6144-42]

H. Ólafsdóttir, M. Stegmann, B. Ersbøll, H. Larsson

Cardiac motion estimation by using high-dimensional features and K-means clustering method [6144-43]

E. Oubel, A. Hero, A. Frangi

Registration of 2D cardiac images to real-time 3D ultrasound volumes for 3D stress echocardiography[6144-44]

K. Leung, M. van Stralen, M. Voormolen, G. van Burken, A. Nemes, F. ten Cate, M. Geleijnse, N. de Jong,A. van der Steen, J. Reiber, J. Bosch

Real-time registration by tracking for MR-guided cardiac interventions [6144-45]

D. Chung, J. Satkunasingham, G. Wright, P. Radau

RESTORATION AND FILTERING

A homomorphic filtering framework for DT-MRI [6144-46]

C. Castaño-Moraga, C. Westin, J. Ruiz-Alzola

Theoretical framework for analyzing MR imaging of dynamic objects using filters and downsamplers[6144-47]

H. Agarwal, J. Prince

A novel strategy for segmentation of magnetic resonance (MR) images corrupted by intensityinhomogeneity artifacts [6144-48]

W. Chen, M. Giger

Apparent diffusion profile estimation from high angular resolution diffusion images [6144-49]

M. Descoteaux, E. Angelino, S. Fitzgibbons, R. Deriche

Restoration of 3D medical images with total variation scheme on wavelet domains (TVW) [6144-50]

A. Ogier, P. Hellier, C. Barillot

A pixelwise inpainting-based refinement scheme for quantizing calcification in the lumbar aorta on 2Dlateral x-ray images [6144-51]

L. Conrad-Hansen, M. de Bruijne, F. Lauze, L. Tanko, M. Nielsen

SHAPE

Sparse modeling of landmark and texture variability using the orthomax criterion [6144-52]

M. Stegmann, K. Sjöstrand, R. Larsen

A representation and classification scheme for tree-like structures in medical images: an application onbranching pattern analysis of ductal trees in x-ray galactograms [6144-53]

V. Megalooikonomou, D. Kontos, J. Danglemaier, A. Javadi, P. Bakic, A. Maidment

Three-dimensional analysis of alveolar bone resorption by image processing of 3-D dental CT images[6144-54]

J. Nagao, T. Kitasaka, K. Mori, Y. Suenaga, S. Yamada, M. Naitoh

Optimal landmark distributions for statistical shape model construction [6144-55]

T. Heimann, I. Wolf, H. Meinzer

An ISO-surface folding analysis method applied to premature neonatal brain development [6144-56]

C. Rodriguez-Carranza, F. Rousseau, B. Iordanova, O. Glenn, D. Vigneron, J. Barkovich, C. Studholme

Image-based metrology of porous tissue engineering scaffolds [6144-57]

S. Rajagopalan, R. Robb

PATTERN RECOGNITION

Automated planning of MRI neuro scans [6144-58]

S. Young, D. Bystrov, T. Netsch, R. Bergmans, A. van Muiswinkel, F. Visser, R. Sprigorum, J. Gieseke

A classification framework for content-based extraction of biomedical objects from hierarchicallydecomposed images [6144-59]

C. Thies, M. Schmidt Borreda, T. Seidl, T. Lehmann

A pattern recognition approach to enhancing structures in 3D CT data [6144-60]

E. van Rikxoort, B. van Ginneken

Blood detection in wireless capsule endoscopy using expectation maximization clustering [6144-61]

S. Hwang, J. Oh, J. Cox, S. Tang, H. Tibbals

Functional feature subspace mapping of fMRI data in the spectral domain [6144-62]

L. Yang, J. Tian, J. Hu, J. Liu

Analysis of first-pass myocardial perfusion MRI using independent component analysis [6144-63]

J. Milles, R. van der Geest, M. Jerosch-Herold, J. Reiber, B. Lelieveldt

Using image similarity and asymmetry to detect breast cancer [6144-64]

D. Tahmoush, H. Samet

CAD I

Probabilistic nodule filtering in thoracic CT scans [6144-65]

C. Wu, G. Agam

Development of a computerized scheme for detection of very subtle lung nodules located in opaqueareas on chest radiographs [6144-66]

J. Shiraishi, Q. Li, K. Doi

Computerized detection of pulmonary nodules using a combination of 3D global and local shapeinformation based on helical CT images [6144-67]

X. Zhang, J. Stockel, M. Wolf, P. Cathier, G. McLennan, E. Hoffman, M. Sonka

Automated detection of ureter abnormalities on multi-detector row CT urography [6144-68]

L. Hadjiiski, B. Sahiner, E. Caoili, R. Cohan, H. Chan

Biplane correlation imaging for lung nodule detection: initial human subject results [6144-69]

N. Majdi Nasab, E. Samei, J. Dobbins III

Increasing sensitivity of masses cued on both views by CAD [6144-70]

B. Zheng, G. Maitz, J. Leader, D. Gur

CAD II

Reconstruction-independent 3D CAD for mass detection in digital breast tomosynthesis using fuzzyparticles [6144-71]

G. Peters, S. Muller, S. Bernard, R. Iordache, I. Bloch

Micro-calcification detection in digital tomosynthesis mammography [6144-72]

F. Wheeler, A. Perera, B. Claus, S. Muller, G. Peters, J. Kaufhold

Computer-aided detection of breast masses on mammograms: bilateral analysis for false positivereduction [6144-73]

Y. Wu, L. Hadjiiski, J. Wei, C. Zhou, B. Sahiner, H. Chan

Digital bowel cleansing for computer-aided detection of polyps in fecal-tagging CT colonography [6144-74]

W. Cai, J. Näppi, M. Zalis, G. Harris, H. Yoshida

Quantitative analysis of two-phase 3D+time aortic MR images [6144-75]

F. Zhao, H. Zhang, N. Walker, F. Yang, M. Olszewski, A. Wahle, T. Scholz, M. Sonka

Two-view information fusion for improvement of computer-aided detection (CAD) of breast masses onmammograms [6144-76]

J. Wei, B. Sahiner, L. Hadjiiski, H. Chan, M. Helvie, M. Roubidoux, C. Zhou, J. Ge, Y. Zhang

Comparison of breast ductal branching pattern classification using x-ray galactograms and MRautogalactograms [6144-77]

P. Bakic, M. Rosen, A. Maidment

REGISTRATION POSTER SESSION

Validation of elastic registration algorithms based on adaptive irregular grids for medical applications[6144-78]

A. Franz, I. Carlsen, S. Renisch, H. Wischmann

A strategy based on maximum spanning trees to stitch together microscope images [6144-79]

P. Thévenaz, D. Lambiel, M. Unser

Weighted medical image registration with automatic mask generation [6144-80]

H. Schumacher, A. Franz, B. Fischer

Dedicated registration for DCE MRI mammography [6144-81]

S. Renisch, T. Bülow, I. Carlsen, A. Franz

A linear programming based algorithm for determining corresponding point tuples in multiple vascularimages [6144-82]

V. Singh, J. Xu, K. Hoffmann, P. Noël, A. Walczak

Non-rigid registration for fusion of carotid vascular ultrasound and MRI volumetric datasets [6144-83]

R. Chan, S. Sokka, D. Hinton, S. Houser, R. Manzke, A. Hanekamp, V. Reddy, M. Kaazempur-Mofrad, V. Rasche

Evaluation of similarity measures for 3D/2D image registration [6144-84]

D. Škerl, B. Likar, F. Pernuš

Deformable registration using scale space keypoints [6144-85]

M. Moradi, P. Abolmaesoumi, P. Mousavi

Automatic sub-volume registration by probabilistic random search [6144-86]

J. Han, M. Qiao, J. Hornegger, T. Kuwert, W. Bautz, W. Römer

Physics-based constraints for correction of geometric distortions in gradient echo EP images vianonrigid registration [6144-87]

Y. Li, N. Xu, J. Fitzpatrick, V. Morgan, D. Pickens, B. Dawant

An ITK framework for deterministic global optimization for medical image registration [6144-88]

F. Dru, M. Wachowiak, T. Peters

Optical flow based interpolation of temporal image sequences [6144-89]

J. Ehrhardt, D. Säring, H. Handels

Modeling lung motion using consistent image registration in 4D computed tomography for radiation therapy[6144-90]

W. Lu, J. Song, G. Christensen, P. Parikh, J. Bradley, D. Low

Enhancing skeletal features in digitally reconstructed radiographs [6144-92]

D. Fu, G. Kuduvalli

Fully automatic hybrid registration method based on point feature detection without user intervention[6144-93]

B. Koo, J. Lee, J. Kim, I. Kim, J. Kwon, S. Kim

A variational approach to spatially dependent non-rigid registration [6144-94]

F. Jäger, J. Han, J. Hornegger, T. Kuwert

A practical salient region feature based 3D multi-modality registration method for medical images [6144-95]

D. Hahn, G. Wolz, Y. Sun, J. Hornegger, F. Sauer, T. Kuwert, C. Xu

A framework for parameter optimization in mutual information (MI)-based registration algorithms

G. Gopalakrishnan, S. Bharath Kumar, R. Mullick, A. Narayanan, S. Suryanarayanan

Seed based registration for intraoperative brachytherapy dosimetry: a comparison of methods [6144-97]

Y. Su, B. Davis, M. Herman, R. Robb

Image registration using shape-constrained mutual information and genetic algorithms [6144-98]

X. Yuan, G. Chi-Fishman

Automatic lung nodule matching for the follow-up in temporal chest CT scans [6144-99]

H. Hong, J. Lee, Y. Shin

Distance transform for automatic dermatologic images composition [6144-100]

C. Grana, G. Pellacani, S. Seidenari, R. Cucchiara

Registration and 3D visualization of large microscopy images [6144-101]

K. Mosaliganti, T. Pan, R. Sharp, R. Ridgway, S. Iyengar, A. Gulacy, P. Wenzel, A. de Bruin, R. Machiraju, K. Huang,G. Leone, J. Saltz

Registration of knee joint surfaces for the in vivo study of joint injuries based on magnetic resonanceimaging [6144-102]

R. Cheng, A. Habib, R. Frayne, J. Ronsky

Elastic registration using 3D ChainMail: application to virtual colonoscopy [6144-104]

C. Castro-Pareja, B. Daly, R. Shekhar

Automated feature-based alignment for 3D volume reconstruction of CLSM imagery [6144-105]

S. Lee, P. Bajcsy

Automatic 3D image registration using voxel similarity measurements based on a genetic algorithm[6144-106]

W. Huang, J. Sullivan, Jr., P. Kulkarni, M. Murugavel

Improved 2D/3D registration robustness using local spatial information [6144-107]

E. De Momi, K. Eckman, B. Jaramaz, A. DiGioia III

Vessel-based registration with application to nodule detection in thoracic CT scans [6144-108]

C. Wu, G. Agam

Mathematical properties of information theoretic image similarity measures [6144-109]

O. Škrinjar

Fast surface alignment for cardiac spatio-temporal modeling: application to Ischemic cardiac shapemodeling [6144-110]

H. Huang, L. Shen, R. Zhang, F. Makedon, B. Hettleman, J. Pearlman

Iterative deformable FEM model for nonrigid PET/MRI breast image coregistration [6144-111]

M. Unlu, A. Krol, A. Magri, D. Feiglin, J. Mandel, E. Lipson, I. Coman, W. Lee, G. Tillapaugh-Fay

Temporal registration of 2D x-ray mammogram using triangular B-splines finite element method (TBFEM)[6144-112]

K. Wang, Y. He, H. Qin, P. Fisher, W. Zhao

Establishing multi-modality datasets with the incorporation of 3D histopathology for soft tissueclassification [6144-113]

J. de Ryk, J. Thiesse, J. Reinhardt, E. Hoffman, G. McLennan

Initial comparison of registration and fusion of SPECT-CmT mammotomography images [6144-114]

E. Dura, P. Madhav, S. Cutler, T. Turkington, M. Tornai

Motion correction via nonrigid coregistration of dynamic MR mammography series [6144-115]

A. Krol, A. Magri, M. Unlu, D. Feiglin, E. Lipson, J. Mandel, G. Tillapaugh-Fay, W. Lee, I. Coman, N. Szeverenyi

Alignment of full and partial CT thoracic scans using bony structures [6144-116]

M. Gavrielides, N. Petrick, K. Myers

Image registration of proximal femur with substantial bone changes: application in 3D visualization ofbone loss of astronauts after long-duration spaceflight [6144-117]

W. Li, M. Sode, I. Saeed, T. Lang

Supporting registration decisions during 3D medical volume reconstructions [6144-119]

P. Bajcsy, S. Lee, D. Clutter

SEGMENTATION POSTER SESSION

An automatic segmentation method for multispectral microscopic cervical cell images [6144-120]

H. Zhang, L. Zeng, H. Ke, J. Lei, X. Xu, H. Zheng, Q. Wu, D. Wang, Y. Zhang

Characterization of the optic disc in retinal imagery using a probabilistic approach [6144-121]

K. Tobin, Jr., E. Chaum, V. Govindasamy, T. Karnowski, O. Sezer

Automatic segmentation method which divides a cerebral artery tree in time-of-flight MR-angiographyinto artery segments [6144-122]

A. Takemura, M. Suzuki, H. Harauchi, Y. Okumura, T. Umeda

SIBS, a powerful concept for automatic segmentation of electron tomograms [6144-123]

A. Linaroudis, R. Hegerl

Generalized expectation-maximization segmentation of brain MR images [6144-124]

A. Devalkeneer, P. Robe, J. Verly, C. Phillips

Texture-based instrument segmentation in 3D ultrasound images [6144-125]

M. Linguraru, R. Howe

Vasculature segmentation for radio frequency ablation of non-resectable hepatic tumors [6144-126]

P. Hemler, E. McCreedy, R. Cheng, B. Wood, M. McAuliffe

kNN-based multi-spectral MRI brain tissue classification: manual training versus automated atlas-basedtraining [6144-127]

H. Vrooman, C. Cocosco, R. Stokking, M. Ikram, M. Vernooij, M. Breteler, W. Niessen

Fully-automated analysis of multi-resolution four-channel micro-array genotyping data [6144-128]

M. Abbaspour, R. Abugharbieh, M. Podder, S. Tebbutt

Iterative live wire and live snake: new user-steered 3D image segmentation paradigms [6144-129]

A. Souza, J. Udupa, G. Grevera, Y. Sun, D. Odhner, N. Suri, M. Schnall

Automatic LV volume measurement in low dose multi-phase CT by shape tracking [6144-130]

J. von Berg, P. Begemann, F. Stahmer, G. Adam, C. Lorenz

Fast, shape-directed, landmark-based deep gray matter segmentation for quantification of iron deposition[6144-131]

A. Ekin, R. Jasinschi, J. van der Grond, M. van Buchem, A. van Muiswinkel

Automated brain segmentation using neural networks [6144-132]

S. Powell, V. Magnotta, H. Johnson, N. Andreasen

Modeling shape variability for full heart segmentation in cardiac computed-tomography images [6144-133]

O. Ecabert, J. Peters, J. Weese

Comparison of color clustering algorithms for segmentation of dermatological images [6144-134]

R. Melli, C. Grana, R. Cucchiara

MATLAB-ITK interface for medical image filtering, segmentation, and registration [6144-135]

V. Chu, G. Hamarneh

An adipose segmentation and quantification scheme for the intra abdominal region on minipigs [6144-136]

R. Engholm, A. Dubinskiy, R. Larsen, L. Hanson, B. Christoffersen

Computerized method for automated measurement of thickness of cerebral cortex for 3-D MR images[6144-137]

H. Arimura, T. Yoshiura, S. Kumazawa, H. Koga, S. Sakai, F. Mihara, H. Honda, M. Ohki, F. Toyofuku, Y. Higashida

A two-stage method for lesion segmentation on digital mammograms [6144-138]

Y. Yuan, M. Giger, K. Suzuki, H. Li, A. Jamieson

Automatic determination of the imaging plane in lumbar MRI [6144-139]

T. Masaki, Y. Lee, D. Tsai, M. Sekiya, K. Kazama

White matter fiber tractography based on a directional diffusion field in diffusion tensor MRI [6144-140]

S. Kumazawa, T. Yoshiura, H. Arimura, F. Mihara, H. Honda, Y. Higashida, F. Toyofuku

Fuzzy C-mean clustering on kinetic parameter estimation with generalized linear least square algorithmin SPECT [6144-141]

H. Choi, L. Wen, S. Eberl, D. Feng

Segmentation of ground glass opacities by asymmetric multi-phase deformable model [6144-142]

Y. Yoo, H. Shim, I. Yun, K. Lee, S. Lee

Semi-automatic knee cartilage segmentation [6144-144]

E. Dam, J. Folkesson, P. Pettersen, C. Christiansen

Fast and robust extraction of centerlines in 3D tubular structures using a scattered-snakelet approach[6144-145]

C. Spuhler, M. Harders, G. Székely

Analysis of brain images using the 3D-CSC segmentation method [6144-146]

L. Priese, F. Schmitt, P. Sturm, H. Wang, R. Matern, R. Wickenhöfer

3D echocardiographic segmentation using the mean-shift algorithm and an active surface model [6144-147]

N. Felix-Gonzalez, R. Valdes-Cristerna

Level sets and shape models for segmentation of cardiac perfusion MRI [6144-148]

L. Lorenzo, R. MacLeod, R. Whitaker, G. Adluru, E. DiBella

Detection of joint space narrowing in hand radiographs [6144-149]

J. Kauffman, C. Slump, H. Bernelot Moens

Vesselness propagation: a fast interactive vessel segmentation method [6144-151]

W. Cai, F. Dachille, G. Harris, H. Yoshida

Chroma analysis for quantitative immunohistochemistry using active learning [6144-152]

N. Patel, A. Ma, R. Shah, I. Sethi

Probabilistic minimal path for automated esophagus segmentation [6144-153]

M. Rousson, Y. Bai, C. Xu, F. Sauer

Variational segmentation framework in prolate spheroidal coordinates for 3D real-time echocardiography[6144-154]

B. Vallet, E. Angelini, A. Laine

A new general method of 3D model generation for active shape image segmentation [6144-156]

S. Lim, J. Udupa, A. Souza, Y. Jeong, Y. Ho, D. Torigian

A fast algorithm for body extraction in CT volumes [6144-157]

G. Guétat, J. Stoeckel, M. Wolf, A. Krishnan

Investigation on an EM framework for partial volume image segmentation [6144-158]

D. Eremina, X. Li, W. Zhu, J. Wang, Z. Liang

Shortest path adjusted similarity metrics for resolving boundary perturbations in scaffold images fortissue engineering [6144-159]

S. Rajagopalan, R. Robb

Intelligent data splitting for volume data [6144-160]

H. Shen, E. Bartsch

Single click volumetric segmentation of abdominal organs in computed tomography images [6144-161]

B. Whitney, N. Backman, J. Furst, D. Raicu

Fully automatic segmentation of left ventricular myocardium in real-time three-dimensionalechocardiography [6144-162]

V. Walimbe, V. Zagrodsky, R. Shekhar

Pre-operative segmentation of neck CT datasets for the planning of neck dissections [6144-163]

J. Cordes, J. Dornheim, B. Preim, I. Hertel, G. Strauss

Brain extraction using geodesic active contours [6144-164]

A. Huang, R. Abugharbieh, R. Tam, A. Traboulsee

Unsupervised definition of the tibia-femoral joint regions of the human knee and its applications tocartilage analysis [6144-165]

J. Tamez-Peña, M. Barbu-McInnis, S. Totterman

Evaluation of binning strategies for tissue classification in computed tomography images [6144-166]

S. Handrick, B. Naimipour, D. Raicu, J. Furst

Interactive lesion segmentation on dynamic contrast enhanced breast MRI using a Markov model [6144-168]

Q. Wu, M. Salganicoff, A. Krishnan, D. Fussell, M. Markey

Automatic tracking of neuro vascular tree paths [6144-169]

S. Suryanarayanan, A. Gopinath, Y. Mallya, K. Shriram, M. Joshi

Robust optic disk detection in retinal images using vessel structure and radon transform [6144-170]

K. Huang, M. Yan

Prior-shape based segmentation of various objects in ultrasound images after speckle-reduction usinglevel-set based curvature evolution [6144-171]

J. Dey, D. Tighe, G. Vijayaraghavan, V. Mitra, P. Pedersen

Automatic pulmonary vessel segmentation in 3D computed tomographic pulmonary angiographic(CTPA) images [6144-172]

C. Zhou, H. Chan, L. Hadjiiski, S. Patel, P. Cascade, B. Sahiner, J. Wei, J. Ge, E. Kazerooni

Automated segmentation of three-dimensional MR brain images [6144-173]

J. Park, B. Baek, C. Ahn, K. Ku, D. Jeong, C. Lee

Unsupervised clustering of dynamic PET images on the projection domain [6144-174]

M. Kamasak, B. Bayraktar

Content analysis of uterine cervix images: initial steps towards content based indexing and retrieval ofcervigrams [6144-176]

S. Gordon, G. Zimmerman, R. Long, S. Antani, J. Jeronimo, H. Greenspan

SHAPE POSTER SESSION

Topological analysis of 3D cell nuclei using finite element template-based spherical mapping [6144-177]

E. Gladilin, S. Goetze, J. Mateos-Langerak, R. van Driel, R. Eils, K. Rohr

Quantitative comparison of delineated structure shape in radiotherapy [6144-178]

G. Price, C. Moore

Sparse principal component analysis in medical shape modeling [6144-179]

K. Sjöstrand, M. Stegmann, R. Larsen

3D reconstruction of the coronary tree from two X-ray angiographic views [6144-180]

N. Sang, W. Peng, H. Li, Z. Zhang, T. Zhang

Creation of three dimensional craniofacial standards from CBCT images [6144-182]

K. Subramanyan, M. Palomo, M. Hans

Quantifying torso deformity in scoliosis [6144-183]

P. Ajemba, A. Kumar, N. Durdle, V. Raso

CAD POSTER SESSION

AIS TLS-ESPRIT feature selection for prostate tissue characterization [6144-184]

S. Mohamed, A. Youssef, E. El-Saadany, M. Salama

An adaptive image segmentation process for the classification of lung biopsy images [6144-185]

D. McKee, W. Land, Jr., T. Zhukov, D. Song, W. Qian

An automated normative-based fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography image-analysisprocedure to aid Alzheimer disease diagnosis using statistical parametric mapping and interactiveimage display [6144-186]

K. Chen, X. Ge, L. Yao, D. Bandy, G. Alexander, A. Prouty, C. Burns, X. Zhao, X. Wen, R. Korn, M. Lawson, E. Reiman

Lesion margin analysis for automated classification of cervical cancer lesions [6144-187]

V. Van Raad, Z. Xue, H. Lange

Computer-aided diagnosis of splenic enlargement using wave pattern of spleen in abdominal CT images[6144-188]

W. Seong, J. Cho, S. Noh, J. Park

Simulating nodules in chest radiographs with real nodules from multi-slice CT images [6144-189]

A. Schilham, B. van Ginneken

Hot spot detection, segmentation, and identification in PET images [6144-190]

T. Blaffert, K. Meetz

Improving computer-aided diagnosis of interstitial disease in chest radiographs by combining one-classand two-class classifiers [6144-191]

Y. Arzhaeva, D. Tax, B. van Ginneken

Computer aided lytic bone metastasis detection using regular CT images [6144-192]

J. Yao, S. O'Connor, R. Summers

Hybrid committee classifiers for a computerized colonic polyp detection system [6144-193]

J. Li, J. Yao, N. Petrick, R. Summers, A. Hara

Measurement of colonic polyp size from virtual colonoscopy studies: Comparison of manual andautomated methods [6144-194]

M. Gurcan, R. Ernst, A. Oto, S. Worrell, J. Hoffmeister, S. Rogers

Effect of quantization on co-occurrence matrix based texture features: An example study inmammography [6144-195]

G. Lee, M. Bottema, T. Hara, H. Fujita

Development of computerized method for detection of vertebral fractures on lateral chest radiographs[6144-196]

S. Kasai, F. Li, J. Shiraishi, Q. Li, Y. Nie, K. Doi

Automatic colonic polyp detection using multiobjective evolutionary techniques [6144-197]

J. Li, A. Huang, J. Yao, I. Bitter, N. Petrick, R. Summers, P. Pickhardt, J. Choi

False-positive elimination for computer-aided detection of pulmonary micronodules [6144-198]

S. Chang, J. Zhou, D. Metaxas, L. Axel

Confidence-based stratification of CAD recommendations with application to breast cancer detection[6144-199]

P. Habas, J. Zurada, A. Elmaghraby, G. Tourassi

Centerline-based colon segmentation for CAD of CT colonography [6144-200]

J. Näppi, H. Frimmel, H. Yoshida

Local pulmonary structure classification for computer-aided nodule detection [6144-202]

C. Bahlmann, X. Li, K. Okada

Power spectral analysis of mammographic parenchymal patterns [6144-203]

H. Li, M. Giger, O. Olopade

Discrimination of malignant lymphomas and leukemia using Radon transform based-higher order spectra[6144-204]

Y. Luo, M. Celenk, P. Bejai

Computer-aided detection system of breast masses on ultrasound images [6144-205]

Y. Ikedo, D. Fukuoka, T. Hara, H. Fujita, E. Takada, T. Endo, T. Morita

Highly-automated computer-aided diagnosis of neurological disorders using functional brain imaging[6144-206]

P. Spetsieris, Y. Ma, V. Dhawan, J. Moeller, D. Eidelberg

Potential improvement of computerized mass detection on mammograms using a bilateral pairingtechnique [6144-207]

S. Paquerault, N. Petrick, B. Sahiner, K. Myers, H. Chan

Mammographic CADx system using an image library with an intelligent agent: A pattern matchingapproach [6144-208]

S. Lo, M. Freedman, L. Kinnard, E. Makariou

Regularized discriminate analysis for breast mass detection on full field digital mammograms [6144-209]

J. Wei, B. Sahiner, Y. Zhang, H. Chan, L. Hadjiiski, C. Zhou, J. Ge, Y. Wu

Characterization of corresponding microcalcification clusters on temporal pairs of mammograms forinterval change analysis: comparison of classifiers [6144-210]

L. Hadjiiski, D. Drouillard, H. Chan, B. Sahiner, M. Helvie, M. Roubidoux, C. Zhou

Computer-aided detection of clustered microcalcifications on full-field digital mammograms: a two-viewinformation fusion scheme for FP reduction [6144-211]

J. Ge, B. Sahiner, H. Chan, L. Hadjiiski, M. Helvie, C. Zhou, J. Wei, Y. Zhang

Computerized lung nodule detection on screening CT scans: performance on juxta-pleural and internalnodules [6144-212]

B. Sahiner, L. Hadjiiski, H. Chan, C. Zhou, J. Wei

Detection of blue-white veil areas in dermoscopy images using machine learning techniques [6144-213]

M. Celebi, H. Kingravi, Y. Aslandogan, W. Stoecker

Reducing false-positive detections by combining two stage-1 computer-aided mass detectionalgorithms [6144-214]

N. Bedard, M. Sampat, P. Stokes, M. Markey

Combining texture features from the MLO and CC views for mammographic CADx [6144-215]

S. Gupta, D. Zhang, M. Sampat, M. Markey

The influence of CT dose and reconstruction parameters on automated detection of small pulmonarynodules [6144-216]

R. Ochs, E. Angel, K. Boedeker, I. Petkovska, C. Panknin, J. Goldin, D. Aberle, M. McNitt-Gray, M. Brown

MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY POSTER SESSION

An efficient method for computing mathematical morphology for medical imaging [6144-217]

M. Vaz, A. Kiraly

PATTERN RECOGNITION POSTER SESSION

A whole brain morphometric analysis of changes associated with pre-term birth [6144-218]

C. Thomaz, J. Boardman, S. Counsell, D. Hill, J. Hajnal, A. Edwards, M. Rutherford, D. Gillies, D. Rueckert

Feature-space exploration of pathology images using content-based database visualization [6144-219]

B. Lessmann, V. Hans, A. Degenhard, T. Nattkemper

RANSAC-based EM algorithm for robust detection and segmentation of cylindrical fragments fromcalibrated C-arm images [6144-220]

G. Zheng, X. Dong, X. Zhang

Realtime automatic metal extraction of medical x-ray images for contrast improvement [6144-221]

M. Prangl, H. Hellwagner, C. Spielvogel, H. Bischof, T. Szkaliczki

Histologic characterization of DCE-MRI breast tumors with dimensional data reduction [6144-222]

C. Varini, A. Degenhard, T. Nattkemper

Characterization of pulmonary nodules features on computer tomography (CT) scans using waveletcoefficients and heat maps [6144-223]

T. Osicka, M. Freedman, F. Ahmed

QUALITY/RESTORATION/DEBLURRING POSTER SESSION

A new anisotropic diffusion method, application to partial volume effect reduction [6144-224]

O. Salvado, D. Wilson

Metal artifacts reduction in CT images through Euler’s elastica and curvature based sinogram inpainting[6144-226]

J. Gu, L. Zhang, G. Yu, Y. Xing, Z. Chen

A new image calibration technique for colposcopic images [6144-227]

W. Li, M. Soto-Thompson, Y. Xiong, H. Lange

Improved MRSI with field inhomogeneity compensation [6144-228]

I. Khalidov, D. Van De Ville, M. Jacob, F. Lazeyras, M. Unser

Wavelet-based multiscale level-set curve evolution in noise reduction for MR imaging [6144-229]

J. Zhong, B. Dardzinski, J. Wansapura

ICA domain filtering for reduction of noise in x-ray images [6144-230]

Y. Chen, X. Han

Characterization of high resolution MR images reconstructed by a GRAPPA based parallel technique[6144-231]

S. Banerjee, S. Majumdar

Robust estimation of the noise variance from background MR data [6144-232]

J. Sijbers, A. den Dekker, D. Poot, R. Bos, M. Verhoye, N. Van Camp, A. Van der Linden

Improvement of image quality in MDCT by high-frequency sampling of x-, y- and z-direction [6144-233]

N. Yasuda, Y. Ishikawa, Y. Kodera

Automatic detection of specular reflections in uterine cervix images [6144-235]

G. Zimmerman-Moreno, H. Greenspan

Noise reduction from magnetic resonance images using nonseperable transforms [6144-236]

E. Nezhadarya, M. Shamsollahi

An improved denoising algorithm based on multi-scale dyadic wavelet transform [6144-237]

Z. Qi, L. Zhang, Y. Xing, H. Gao

A weighted average algorithm for edge-preserving smoothing on MRI images [6144-238]

R. Jin, L. Zhang, B. Meng, E. Song, X. Xu, C. Hung

Simulation of susceptibility-induced distortions in fMRI [6144-239]

N. Xu, Y. Li, C. Paschal, J. Gatenby, V. Morgan, D. Pickens, B. Dawant, J. Fitzpatrick

Retinal image enhancement based on the human visual system [6144-240]

K. Belkacem-Boussaid, B. Raman, G. Zamora, Y. Srinivasan, S. Bursell

Prior-information-driven multiple contrast projection of T2 weighted magnetic resonance images [6144-241]

S. Rajagopalan, R. Robb

Implications of MR contrast standardization on image computing [6144-242]

S. Rajagopalan, R. Robb

Contrast enhancement of soft tissues in computed tomography images [6144-243]

R. Lerman, D. Raicu, J. Furst

Adaptive conductance filtering for spatially varying noise in PET images [6144-244]

D. Padfield, R. Manjeshwar

Denoising diffusion tensor images: preprocessing for automated detection of subtle diffusion tensorabnormalities between populations [6144-245]

T. Lee, U. Sinha

A voxel-based partial volume correction in nuclear medicine [6144-246]

H. Huang, I. Hsiao, C. Wietholt, C. Hsu

Detectability improvement of early sign of acute stroke on brain CT images using an adaptive partialsmoothing filter [6144-247]

Y. Lee, N. Takahashi, D. Tsai, H. Fujita

A novel contrast equalization method for chest radiograph [6144-248]

M. Zhang, X. Mou, Y. Long

On interpolation of sparsely sampled sinograms [6144-249]

S. Schröder, I. Stuke, T. Aach

STATISTICAL METHODS POSTER SESSION

A new post-processing method of applying independent component analysis to fMRI data [6144-251]

X. Wu, Z. Long, L. Yao, K. Chen

Integrating and classifying parametric features from fMRI data for brain function characterization [6144-252]

Y. Wang, C. Zhou

Enhanced techniques for asymmetry quantification in brain imagery [6144-253]

X. Liu, C. Imielinska, J. Rosiene, E. Connolly, A. D'Ambrosio

TEXTURE POSTER SESSION

Analysis of the topological properties of the proximal femur on a regional scale: evaluation of multi-detector CT-scans for the assessment of biomechanical strength using local Minkowski functionals in 3D[6144-254]

H. Boehm, T. Link, R. Monetti, V. Kuhn, F. Eckstein, C. Raeth, M. Reiser

Automatic textural feature selection on echocardiographic images [6144-255]

I. Ponce García, R. Valdés-Cristerna

Investigation of temporal radiographic texture analysis for the detection of periprosthetic osteolysis[6144-256]

J. Wilkie, M. Giger, C. Engh, Sr., J. Martell

VALIDATION POSTER SESSION

Fourier-domain based datacentric performance ranking of competing medical image processingalgorithms [6144-259]

S. Rajagopalan, R. Robb

Volume 6145 Medical Imaging 2006: PACS and Imaging Informatics

Chairs/Editors: Steven C. Horii, Osman M. Ratib

Conference Committee

DISPLAY AND INTERPRETATION I

MoniQA: a general approach to monitor quality assurance [6145-2]

J. Jacobs, T. Deprez, G. Marchal, H. Bosmans

A method for reduction of eye fatigue by optimizing the ambient light conditions in radiology reading rooms[6145-3]

A. Chawla, E. Samei

DISPLAY AND INTERPRETATION II

Network-based reading system for lung cancer screening CT [6145-5]

Y. Fujino, K. Fujimura, S. Nomura, H. Kawashima, M. Tsuchikawa, T. Matsumoto, K. Nagao, T. Uruma, S. Yamamoto, H. Takizawa, C. Kuroda, T. Nakayama

CMAS: a rich media annotation system for medical imaging [6145-6]

I. Lin, H. Chao

On-demand rendering of an oblique slice through 3D volumetric data using JPEG2000 client-serverframework [6145-8]

R. Joshi

PACS IN SURGERY

Structured recording of intraoperative surgical workflows [6145-10]

T. Neumuth, N. Durstewitz, M. Fischer, G. Strauss, A. Dietz, J. Meixensberger, P. Jannin, K. Cleary, H. Lemke, O. Burgert

Workflow in interventional radiology: nerve blocks and facet blocks [6145-11]

D. Siddoway, M. Ingeholm, O. Burgert, T. Neumuth, V. Watson, K. Cleary

An ultrasound image-guided surgical workflow model [6145-12]

B. Guo, H. Lemke, B. Liu, H. Huang, E. Grant

PACS TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE

Peer-to-peer architecture for multi-departmental distributed PACS [6145-14]

A. Rosset, J. Heuberger, L. Pysher, O. Ratib

A demanding web-based PACS supported by web services technology [6145-16]

C. Costa, A. Silva, J. Oliveira, V. Ribeiro, J. Ribeiro

A design methodology for fault-tolerance in a DICOM-compliant data storage grid [6145-17]

J. Documet, Z. Zhou, B. Liu, N. King, H. Huang

Medical image compression using cubic spline interpolation for low bit-rate telemedicine applications[6145-18]

T. Truong, S. Chen

DATABASES AND DATA MINING

Atlas of protein expression: image capture, analysis, and design of terabyte image database [6145-20]

J. Wu, G. Maslen, A. Warford, G. Griffin, J. Xie, S. Crowther, J. McCafferty

Relevance feedback for shape-based pathology in spine x-ray image retrieval [6145-21]

X. Xu, S. Antani, D. Lee, L. Long, G. Thoma

BIRAM: a content-based image retrieval framework for medical images [6145-22]

R. Moreno, S. Furuie

IMAGING INFORMATICS AND STANDARDS

Building an IT healthcare enterprise by taking the standards to the limits and sometimes beyond that[6145-25]

M. Wintell, L. Lindsköld, S. Gustafsson, N. da Silva

A unified approach for the adequate visualization of structured medical reports [6145-26]

J. Riesmeier, M. Eichelberg, T. Wilkens, P. Jensch

IHE cross-enterprise document sharing for imaging: design challenges [6145-27]

R. Noumeir

Three-dimensional lossless digital signature embedding for the integrity of volumetric images [6145-28]

Z. Zhou, H. Huang, B. Liu

A DICOM-RT Based ePR radiation therapy information system for decision-support of brain tumor patients[6145-29]

B. Liu, M. Law, H. Huang, C. Zee, L. Chan

DATA MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY

A tracking and verification system implemented in a clinical environment for partial HIPAA compliance[6145-30]

B. Guo, J. Documet, B. Liu, N. King, R. Shrestha, K. Wang, H. Huang, E. Grant

Technical experiences of implementing a wireless tracking and facial biometric verification system fora clinical environment [6145-31]

B. Liu, J. Lee, J. Documet, B. Guo, N. King, H. Huang

Grid-based medical image workflow and archiving for research and enterprise PACS applications [6145-32]

S. Erberich, M. Dixit, V. Chen, A. Chervenak, M. Nelson, C. Kesselmann

Hierarchical storage of large volume of multidector CT data using distributed servers [6145-33]

O. Ratib, A. Rosset, J. Heuberger, D. Bandon

Tele diagnostic by web [6145-34]

S. Sugiyama

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS

Computer-aided diagnosis workstation and database system for chest diagnosis based on multi-helicalCT images [6145-35]

H. Satoh, N. Niki, K. Mori, K. Eguchi, M. Kaneko, R. Kakinuma, N. Moriyama, H. Ohmatsu, H. Masuda, S. Machida, M. SasagawaCarpal bone analysis in bone age assessment [6145-36]

A. Zhang, A. Gertych, S. Kurkowska-Pospiech, B. Liu, H. Huang

Using irreversible compression in digital radiology: a preliminary study of the opinions of radiologists[6145-37]

E. Seeram

MICE: a mouse imaging collaboration environment [6145-38]

J. Szymanski, C. Flask, D. Wilson, D. Johnson, R. Muzic, Jr., G. Zhang

Impact of volumetric ultrasound on PACS [6145-39]

S. Horii, A. Goldszal, R. Redfern, B. Coleman, J. Langer, D. Morton, S. Rowling, W. Boonn, C. Iyoob

POSTER SESSION

Content-based image retrieval in picture archiving and communication system [6145-23]

Y. Tan, J. Zhang, Y. Hua, G. Zhang, H. Huang

The impact of lossless image compression to radiographs [6145-42]

T. Lehmann, J. Abel, C. Weiss

Development of a mobile emergency patient information and imaging communication system based onCDMA-1X EVDO [6145-43]

K. Yang, H. Jung, W. Kang, B. Jang, J. Kim, D. Han, S. Yoo, H. Yoo, H. Kim

Applying XDS for sharing CDA-based medical records [6145-44]

J. Kim, B. Jang, D. Han, K. Yang, W. Kang, H. Jung, H. Kim

The application of multilayer tree structure in DICOM [6145-45]

M. Pan, Z. Yao

Development of patient collation system by kinetic analysis for chest dynamic radiogram with flat paneldetector [6145-46]

Y. Tsuchiya, Y. Kodera

HIPAA-compliant automatic monitoring system for RIS-integrated PACS operation [6145-47]

J. Jin, J. Zhang, X. Chen, J. Sun, Y. Yang, C. Liang, J. Feng, L. Sheng, H. Huang

Interactive radiological education file system integrated with PACS [6145-48]

M. Shin, I. Choi

Sharing medical images: a proposal of a reference image database [6145-49]

M. dos Santos, S. Furuie

Automatic orientation correction for radiographs [6145-50]

H. Luo, J. Luo, X. Wang

Implementation of a fault-tolerant PACS over a grid architecture [6145-51]

M. Gutierrez, C. Santos, R. Moreno, L. Kobayashi, S. Furuie, S. Freire, D. Floriano, C. Oliveira, M. João, R. Gismondi

Integration of LDSE and LTVS logs with HIPAA compliant auditing system (HCAS) [6145-52]

Z. Zhou, B. Liu, H. Huang, B. Guo, J. Documet, N. King

Rib shape recognition in lung x-ray images for intelligent assistance [6145-53]

H. Sakaida, A. Oosawa, K. Shimura

Volume 6146 Medical Imaging 2006: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment

Chairs/Editors: Yulei Jiang, Miguel P. Eckstein

Conference Committee

TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND IMPACT

Can radiologists recognize that a computer has identified cancers that they have overlooked? [6146-1]

R. Nishikawa, A. Edwards, R. Schmidt, J. Papaioannou, M. Linver

Actual versus intended use of CAD systems in the clinical environment [6146-2]

B. Zheng, D. Chough, P. Ronald, C. Cohen, C. Hakim, G. Abrams, M. Ganott, L. Wallace, R. Shah, J. Sumkin, D. Gur

Mass detection in mammographic ROIs using Watson filters [6146-47]

S. Singh, A. Baydush, B. Harrawood, J. Lo

A method for assessing the uncertainty in feature selection tasks [6146-4]

Y. Jiang

Comparative performance analysis for computer aided lung nodule detection and segmentation onultra-low-dose vs. standard-dose CT [6146-5]

R. Wiemker, P. Rogalla, R. Opfer, A. Ekin, V. Romano, T. Bülow

KEYNOTE AND IMAGE DISPLAY

Recent developments and contemporary issues for diagnostic technology assessment [6146-6]

R. Wagner

Potential use of a large-screen display for interpreting radiographic images [6146-7]

E. Krupinski, H. Roehrig, W. Berger, S. Dalal, D. Stanton

Impact of defective pixels in AMLCDs on the perception of medical images [6146-8]

T. Kimpe, Y. Sneyders

Assessment of the influence of display veiling glare on observer and model performance [6146-9]

E. Krupinski, J. Lubin, H. Roehrig, J. Johnson, J. Nafziger

ROC METHODS

Optimization of an ROC hypersurface constructed only from an observer's within-class sensitivities[6146-10]

D. Edwards, C. Metz

Optimal observer framework and categorization observer framework for three-class ROC analysis [6146-11]

X. He, E. Frey

Performance analysis of 3-class classifiers: properties of the 3D ROC surface and the normalizedvolume under the surface [6146-12]

B. Sahiner, H. Chan, L. Hadjiiski

Exploring FROC paradigm: initial experience with clinical applications [6146-13]

L. Volokh, C. Liu, B. Tsui

LROC assessment of non-linear filtering methods in Ga-67 SPECT imaging [6146-14]

S. De Clercq, S. Staelens, J. De Beenhouwer, Y. D'Asseler, I. Lemahieu

OBSERVER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Incorporating detection tasks into the assessment of CT image quality [6146-15]

E. Scalzetti, W. Huda, K. Ogden, M. Khan, M. Roskopf, D. Ogden

A comparison of 2D and 3D evaluation methods for pulmonary embolism detection in CT images [6146-42]

A. Kiraly, C. Novak, D. Naidich, I. Vlahos, J. Ko, G. Brusca-Augello

Analyzing the effect of dose reduction on the detection of mammographic lesions using mathematicalobserver models [6146-17]

A. Chawla, R. Saunders, C. Abbey, D. Delong, E. Samei

Parallel reconstructions of MRI: Evaluation using detection and perceptual difference studies [6146-19]

Y. Jiang, D. Huo, D. Wilson

Using perceptual difference model to improve GRAPPA reconstruction in MRI [6146-20]

D. Huo, D. Wilson

MODEL OBSERVERS

The efficiency of reading around learned backgrounds [6146-22]

M. Eckstein, B. Pham, C. Abbey, Y. Zhang

Observer efficiency in boundary discrimination tasks related to assessment of breast lesions withultrasound [6146-23]

C. Abbey, R. Zemp, J. Liu, K. Lindfors, M. Insana

Performance of a channelized-ideal observer using Laguerre-Gauss channels for detecting a Gaussiansignal at a known location in different lumpy backgrounds [6146-24]

S. Park, E. Clarkson, H. Barrett, M. Kupinski, K. Myers

Human efficiency for detecting Gaussian signals in non-Gaussian distributed lumpy backgrounds usingdifferent display characteristics and scaling methods [6146-25]

S. Park, B. Gallas, A. Badano, N. Petrick, K. Myers

IMAGE PERCEPTION

Variability in the interpretation of mammograms: Do similar decisions entail similar visual samplingstrategies? [6146-26]

C. Mello-Thoms

Lesion detection using an a-contrario detector in simulated digital mammograms [6146-27]

B. Grosjean, S. Muller, H. Souchay

Lesion removal and lesion addition algorithms in lung volumetric data sets for perception studies[6146-28]

M. Madsen, K. Berbaum, A. Ellingson, B. Thompson, B. Mullan

Mammographic texture synthesis using genetic programming and clustered lumpy background [6146-29]

C. Castella, K. Kinkel, F. Descombes, M. Eckstein, P. Sottas, F. Verdun, F. Bochud

Perceptually-limited modality-adaptive medical image watermarking [6146-30]

B. Planitz, A. Maeder

Optimum ambient lighting conditions for the viewing of softcopy radiological images [6146-31]

M. McEntee, P. Brennan, M. Evanoff, P. Phillps, W. O Connor, D. Manning

POSTER SESSION

Does mammographic practice affect film reading style: breast screening vs. symptomatic radiologists?[6146-32]

H. Scott, A. Gale

A proposal of the diagnosis-dynamic characteristic (DDC) model describing the relation between searchtime and confidence levels for a dichotomous judgment, and its application to ROC curve generation[6146-33]

T. Matsumoto, N. Fukuda, A. Furukawa, K. Suwa, S. Wada, M. Matsumoto, S. Sone

Observer performance detecting signals in globally non-stationary oriented noise [6146-35]

Y. Zhang, C. Abbey, M. Eckstein

An applicability research on JND model [6146-36]

T. Luo, X. Mou, S. Tang, Y. Yang

How does mass lesion detection vary with display window width and radiation exposure in computedradiography? [6146-37]

K. Ogden, W. Huda, V. Garg, M. Khan, M. Reichel, M. Roskopf

First validation of a new phantom for global quality control in digital mammography [6146-38]

H. Bosmans, K. Nijs, K. Young, F. Rogge, P. Morán, M. Chevalier, M. Borowski, R. van Engen, A. Taibi, J. Cook, G. Marchal

Characterization of a new generation of computed radiography system based on line scanning andphosphor needles [6146-39]

O. Dragusin, F. Rogge, H. Pauwels, G. Marchal, H. Bosmans

Potential for lower absorbed dose in digital mammography: A JAFROC experiment using clinical hybridimages with simulated dose reduction [6146-40]

P. Timberg, M. Ruschin, M. Båth, B. Hemdal, I. Andersson, S. Mattsson, D. Chakraborty, R. Saunders, E. Samei, A. Tingberg

Development and implementation of a user friendly and automated environment for the creation ofdatabases of digital mammograms with simulated microcalcifications [6146-41]

F. Zanca, J. Jacobs, P. Pöyry, C. Van Ongeval, A. Carton, T. Deprez, G. Marchal, H. Bosmans

The effect of data set size on computer-aided diagnosis of breast cancer: comparing decision fusion toa linear discriminant [6146-44]

J. Jesneck, L. Nolte, J. Baker, J. Lo

Comparison of sensitivity and reading time for the use of computer aided detection (CAD) of pulmonarynodules at MDCT as concurrent or second reader [6146-45]

F. Beyer, L. Zierott, E. Fallenberg, K. Juergens, J. Stoeckel, W. Heindel, D. Wormanns

Potential effect of CAD systems on the detection of actionable nodules in chest CT scans during routinereporting [6146-46]

D. Wormanns, F. Beyer, A. Butzbach, L. Zierott, W. Heindel

Explanation of the mechanism by which CAD assistance improves diagnostic performance whenreading CT images [6146-48]

T. Matsumoto, S. Wada, S. Yamamoto, K. Murao, A. Furukawa, M. Endo, M. Matsumoto, S. Sone

Automatic image quality assessment for uterine cervical imagery [6146-51]

J. Gu, W. Li

A study on the performance evaluation of computer-aided diagnosis for detecting pulmonary nodulesfor the various CT reconstruction [6146-52]

S. Wada, T. Matsumoto, K. Murao, S. Sone

Volume 6147 Medical Imaging 2006: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing

Chairs/Editors: Stanislav Y. Emelianov, William F. Walker

Conference Committee

3D ULTRASOND IMAGING

Evaluation of image compression for computer-aided diagnosis of breast tumors in 3D sonography [6147-1]

W. Chen, Y. Huang, C. Tao, D. Chen, W. Moon

Advanced volume rendering algorithm for real-time 3D ultrasound: integrating pre-integration intoshear-image-order algorithm [6147-2]

R. Managuli, E. Kim, K. Karadayi, Y. Kim

Real-time transrectal 3D ultrasound using synthetic aperture [6147-3]

J. Yen, C. Seo, N. Daher

High resolution three-dimensional prostate ultrasound imaging [6147-4]

Y. Li, A. Patil, J. Hossack

Breast tumor angiogenesis analysis using 3D power Doppler ultrasound [6147-5]

R. Chang, S. Huang, Y. Lee, D. Chen, W. Moon

Multi-view 3D reconstruction with volumetric registration in a freehand ultrasound imaging system

H. Yu, M. Pattichis, M. Goens

Boundary detection in 3D ultrasound reconstruction using nearest neighbor map [6147-7]

P. Pedersen, V. Mitra, J. Dey

BEAMFORMING AND IMAGE PROCESSING

Automatic time gain compensation and dynamic range control in ultrasound imaging systems [6147-8]

D. Lee, Y. Kim, J. Ra

An iterative wavelet-based deconvolution algorithm for the restoration of ultrasound images in an EMframework [6147-9]

J. Ng, R. Prager, N. Kingsbury, G. Treece, A. Gee

Beamforming and hardware design for a multichannel front-end integrated circuit for real-time 3Dcatheter-based ultrasonic imaging [6147-36]

I. Wygant, M. Karaman, Ö. Oralkan, B. Khuri-Yakub

The sonic window: second generation results [6147-11]

W. Walker, M. Fuller, E. Brush, M. Eames, K. Owen, K. Ranganathan, T. Blalock, J. Hossack

Efficient array beamformer using spatial filtering for ultrasound B-mode imaging [6147-12]

K. Kim, J. Liu, M. Insana

Recursive delay calculation unit for parametric beamformer [6147-13]

S. Nikolov, J. Jensen, B. Tomov

Breaking the resolution limit: an exciting experimental result [6147-14]

F. Simonetti

GENERAL IMAGING

Remote consulting based on ultrasonic digital imageing and dynamic ultrasonic sequences [6147-15]

A. Margan, N. Rustemovi

Acoustic properties of healthy and reconstructed cleft lip [6147-16]

J. Thijssen, N. van Hees, G. Weijers, R. Huyskens, M. Nillesen, C. Katsaros, C. de Korte

Integrated system for ultrasonic, photoacoustic and elasticity imaging [6147-17]

S. Park, J. Shah, S. Aglyamov, A. Karpiouk, S. Mallidi, A. Gopal, H. Moon, X. Zhang, W. Scott, S. Emelianov

Breast imaging with time-reversed ultrasound [6147-18]

L. Huang, N. Duric, P. Littrup

Detection of brachytherapy seeds using ultrasound radio frequency signals [6147-19]

X. Wen, S. Salcudean, P. Lawrence

Investigation of foreign objects in soft-tissue using a PE-CMOS ultrasound system: a preliminarycomparative study [6147-20]

C. Liu, S. Lo, M. Freedman, M. Lasser, B. Lasser, J. Kula, Y. Wang, T. Hsieh, A. Sarcone

Image stitching for three-pass whole breast ultrasound [6147-21]

R. Chang, C. Chen, E. Takada, Y. Chou, D. Chen

CARDIAC IMAGING

A scalable beamforming architecture for real-time 3D ultrasonic imaging using nonuniform sampling[6147-22]

O. Dandekar, C. Castro-Pareja, R. Shekhar

Three-dimensional segmentation of the heart muscle using image statistics [6147-23]

M. Nillesen, R. Lopata, I. Gerrits, L. Kapusta, H. Huisman, J. Thijssen, C. de Korte

Electric current mapping using the acousto-electric effect [6147-24]

R. Olafsson, R. Witte, K. Kim, S. Ashkenazi, M. O'Donnell

Toward real-time endocardial boundary detection from intracardiac echocardiographic images: acomparative study [6147-25]

Y. Ganji, F. Janabi-Sharifi, S. Safavi-Naeini

Novel spatiotemporal voxel interpolation with multibeat fusion for 3D echocardiography with irregulardata distribution [6147-26]

J. Bosch, M. van Stralen, M. Voormolen, B. Krenning, C. Lancée, J. Reiber, A. van der Steen, N. de Jong

Development of a high frame rate ultrasonic system for cardiac imaging in small animals [6147-27]

L. Sun, J. Cannata, J. Johnson, J. Yen, C. Feng, K. Shung

POSTER SESSION

Fully sampled 3600 element two dimensional transducer array for low cost C-scan imaging [6147-28]

M. Eames, S. Zhou, J. Hossack

Ultrasound image deconvolution in symmetrical mirror wavelet bases [6147-29]

W. Yeoh, C. Zhang, M. Chen, M. Yan

Plane wave fast color flow mode imaging: a parameter study [6147-30]

I. Bolic, J. Udesen, F. Gran, J. Jensen

Superresolution spatial compounding techniques with application to 3D breast ultrasound imaging[6147-31]

P. Soler, G. Delso, N. Villain, E. Angelini, I. Bloch

Coded excitation with sigma-delta sampling for medical ultrasound imaging [6147-32]

Y. Yoo, J. Cao, L. Koh, Y. Kim

Freehand ultrasound calibration using the unscented Kalman filter [6147-33]

M. Moghari, T. Chen, P. Abolmaesumi

Functional and morphological ultrasonic biomicroscopy for tissue engineers [6147-34]

S. Mallidi, S. Aglyamov, A. Karpiouk, S. Park, S. Emelianov

Tissue imaging utilizing the ultrasonic vibration potential [6147-35]

S. Wang, C. Nguyen, S. Li, T. Hamilton, V. Gusev, G. Diebold