Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2004

Robotics.- MARGE Project: Design, Modeling and Control of Assistive Devices for Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Crawling on the Heart: A Mobile Robotic Device for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Interventions.- High Dexterity Snake-Like Robotic Slaves for Minimally Invasive Telesurgery of the Upper Airway.- Development of a Robotic Laser Surgical Tool with an Integrated Video Endoscope.- Micro-Neurosurgical System in the Deep Surgical Field.- Dense 3D Depth Recovery for Soft Tissue Deformation During Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery.- Vision-Based Assistance for Ophthalmic Micro-Surgery.- Robot-Assisted Distal Locking of Long Bone Intramedullary Nails: Localization, Registration, and In Vitro Experiments.- Liver Motion Due to Needle Pressure, Cardiac, and Respiratory Motion During the TIPS Procedure.- Visualization, Planning, and Monitoring Software for MRI-Guided Prostate Intervention Robot.- Robotic Strain Imaging for Monitoring Thermal Ablation of Liver.- A Tactile Magnification Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery.- A Study of Saccade Transition for Attention Segregation and Task Strategy in Laparoscopic Surgery.- Precision Freehand Sculpting of Bone.- Needle Force Sensor, Robust and Sensitive Detection of the Instant of Needle Puncture.- Handheld Laparoscopic Forceps Manipulator Using Multi-slider Linkage Mechanisms.- An MR-Compatible Optical Force Sensor for Human Function Modeling.- Flexible Needle Steering and Optimal Trajectory Planning for Percutaneous Therapies.- CT and MR Compatible Light Puncture Robot: Architectural Design and First Experiments.- Development of a Novel Robot-Assisted Orthopaedic System Designed for Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Needle Guiding Robot with Five-Bar Linkage for MR-Guided Thermotherapy of Liver Tumor.- Computer-Assisted Minimally Invasive Curettage and Reinforcement of Femoral Head Osteonecrosis with a Novel, Expandable Blade Tool.- A Parallel Robotic System with Force Sensors for Percutaneous Procedures Under CT-Guidance.- System Design for Implementing Distributed Modular Architecture to Reliable Surgical Robotic System.- Precise Evaluation of Positioning Repeatability of MR-Compatible Manipulator Inside MRI.- Simulation and Rendering.- Simulation Model of Intravascular Ultrasound Images.- Vessel Driven Correction of Brain Shift.- Predicting Tumour Location by Simulating Large Deformations of the Breast Using a 3D Finite Element Model and Nonlinear Elasticity.- Modeling of Brain Tissue Retraction Using Intraoperative Data.- Physiopathology of Pulmonary Airways: Automated Facilities for Accurate Assessment.- A Framework for the Generation of Realistic Brain Tumor Phantoms and Applications.- Measuring Biomechanical Characteristics of Blood Vessels for Early Diagnostics of Vascular Retinal Pathologies.- A 4D-Optical Measuring System for the Dynamic Acquisition of Anatomical Structures.- An Anisotropic Material Model for Image Guided Neurosurgery.- Estimating Mechanical Brain Tissue Properties with Simulation and Registration.- Dynamic Measurements of Soft Tissue Viscoelastic Properties with a Torsional Resonator Device.- Simultaneous Topology and Stiffness Identification for Mass-Spring Models Based on FEM Reference Deformations.- Human Spine Posture Estimation Method from Human Images to Calculate Physical Forces Working on Vertebrae.- Modelling Surgical Cuts, Retractions, and Resections via Extended Finite Element Method.- A Collaborative Virtual Environment for the Simulation of Temporal Bone Surgery.- 3D Computational Mechanical Analysis for Human Atherosclerotic Plaques Using MRI-Based Models with Fluid-Structure Interactions.- In Silico Tumor Growth: Application to Glioblastomas.- An Event-Driven Framework for the Simulation of Complex Surgical Procedures.- Photorealistic Rendering of Large Tissue Deformation for Surgical Simulation.- BurnCase 3D – Realistic Adaptation of 3-Dimensional Human Body Models.- Fast Soft Tissue Deformation with Tetrahedral Mass Spring Model for Maxillofacial Surgery Planning Systems.- Generic Approach for Biomechanical Simulation of Typical Boundary Value Problems in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Planning.- Virtual Unfolding of the Stomach Based on Volumetric Image Deformation.- Interventional Imaging.- Cadaver Validation of the Use of Ultrasound for 3D Model Instantiation of Bony Anatomy in Image Guided Orthopaedic Surgery.- Correction of Movement Artifacts from 4-D Cardiac Short- and Long-Axis MR Data.- Scale-Invariant Registratiou of Monocular Endoscopic Images to CT-Scans for Sinus Surgery.- Patient-Specific Operative Planning for Aorto-Femoral Reconstruction Procedures.- Intuitive and Efficient Control of Real-Time MRI Scan Plane Using a Six-Degree-of-Freedom Hardware Plane Navigator.- Shape-Enhanced Surgical Visualizations and Medical Illustrations with Multi-flash Imaging.- Immediate Ultrasound Calibration with Three Poses and Minimal Image Processing.- Accuracy of Navigation on 3DRX Data Acquired with a Mobile Propeller C-Arm.- High Quality Autostereoscopic Surgical Display Using Anti-aliased Integral Videography Imaging.- Enhancing Fourier Volume Rendering Using Contour Extraction.- A Novel Approach to Anatomical Structure Morphing for Intraoperative Visualization.- Enhancement of Visual Realism with BRDF for Patient Specific Bronchoscopy Simulation.- Stereo-Based Endoscopic Tracking of Cardiac Surface Deformation.- Online Noninvasive Localization of Accessory Pathways in the EP Lab.- Performance Evaluation of a Stereoscopic Based 3D Surface Localiser for Image-Guided Neurosurgery.- Bite-Block Relocation Error in Image-Guided Otologic Surgery.- Characterization of Internal Organ Motion Using Skin Marker Positions.- Augmenting Intraoperative 3D Ultrasound with Preoperative Models for Navigation in Liver Surgery.- Control System for MR-Guided Cryotherapy – Short-Term Prediction of Therapy Boundary Using Automatic Segmentation and 3D Optical Flow –.- Fast and Accurate Bronchoscope Tracking Using Image Registration and Motion Prediction.- Virtual Pneumoperitoneum for Generating Virtual Laparoscopic Views Based on Volumetric Deformation.- Soft Tissue Resection for Prostatectomy Simulation.- Precalibration Versus 2D-3D Registration for 3D Guide Wire Display in Endovascular Interventions.- Patient and Probe Tracking During Freehand Ultrasound.- Real-Time 4D Tumor Tracking and Modeling from Internal and External Fiducials in Fluoroscopy.- Augmented Vessels for Pre-operative Preparation in Endovascular Treatments.- A CT-Free Intraoperative Planning and Navigation System for High Tibial Dome Osteotomy.- A Phantom Based Approach to Fluoroscopic Navigation for Orthopaedic Surgery.- Real-Time Estimation of Hip Range of Motion for Total Hip Replacement Surgery.- Correction of Accidental Patient Motion for Online MR Thermometry.- Brain Imaging Applications.- Determining Malignancy of Brain Tumors by Analysis of Vessel Shape.- Automatic Classification of SPECT Images of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients and Control Subjects.- Estimation of Anatomical Connectivity by Anisotropic Front Propagation and Diffusion Tensor Imaging.- A Statistical Shape Model of Individual Fiber Tracts Extracted from Diffusion Tensor MRI.- Co-analysis of Maps of Atrophy Rate and Atrophy State in Neurodegeneration.- Regional Structural Characterization of the Brain of Schizophrenia Patients.- Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgical Outcome Prediction.- Exact MAP Activity Detection in fMRI Using a GLM with an Ising Spatial Prior.- Bias in Resampling-Based Thresholding of Statistical Maps in fMRI.- Solving Incrementally the Fitting and Detection Problems in fMRI Time Series.- Extraction of Discriminative Functional MRI Activation Patterns and an Application to Alzheimer’s Disease.- Functional Brain Image Analysis Using Joint Function-Structure Priors.- Improved Motion Correction in fMRI by Joint Mapping of Slices into an Anatomical Volume.- Motion Correction in fMRI by Mapping Slice-to-Volume with Concurrent Field-Inhomogeneity Correction.- Cardiac and Other Applications.- Towards Optical Biopsies with an Integrated Fibered Confocal Fluorescence Microscope.- A Prospective Multi-institutional Study of the Reproducibility of fMRI: A Preliminary Report from the Biomedical Informatics Research Network.- Real-Time Multi-model Tracking of Myocardium in Echocardiography Using Robust Information Fusion.- Simulation of the Electromechanical Activity of the Heart Using XMR Interventional Imaging.- Needle Insertion in CT Scanner with Image Overlay – Cadaver Studies.- Computer Aided Detection in CT Colonography, via Spin Images.- Foveal Algorithm for the Detection of Microcalcification Clusters: A FROC Analysis.- Pulmonary Micronodule Detection from 3D Chest CT.- SVM Optimization for Hyperspectral Colon Tissue Cell Classification.- Pulmonary Nodule Classification Based on Nodule Retrieval from 3-D Thoracic CT Image Database.- Physics Based Contrast Marking and Inpainting Based Local Texture Comparison for Clustered Microcalcification Detection.- Automatic Detection and Recognition of Lung Abnormalities in Helical CT Images Using Deformable Templates.- A Multi-resolution CLS Detection Algorithm for Mammographic Image Analysis.- Cervical Cancer Detection Using SVM Based Feature Screening.- Robust 3D Segmentation of Pulmonary Nodules in Multislice CT Images.- The Automatic Identification of Hibernating Myocardium.- A Spatio-temporal Analysis of Contrast Ultrasound Image Sequences for Assessment of Tissue Perfusion.- Detecting Functional Connectivity of the Cerebellum Using Low Frequency Fluctuations (LFFs).- Independent Component Analysis of Four-Phase Abdominal CT Images.- Volumetric Deformation Model for Motion Compensation in Radiotherapy.- Fast Automated Segmentation and Reproducible Volumetry of Pulmonary Metastases in CT-Scans for Therapy Monitoring.- Bone Motion Analysis from Dynamic MRI: Acquisition and Tracking.- Cartilage Thickness Measurement in the Sub-millimeter Range.- A Method to Monitor Local Changes in MR Signal Intensity in Articular Cartilage: A Potential Marker for Cartilage Degeneration in Osteoarthritis.- Tracing Based Segmentation for the Labeling of Individual Rib Structures in Chest CT Volume Data.- Automated 3D Segmentation of the Lung Airway Tree Using Gain-Based Region Growing Approach.- Real-Time Dosimetry for Prostate Brachytherapy Using TRUS and Fluoroscopy.- Fiducial-Less Respiration Tracking in Radiosurgery.- A Dynamic Model of Average Lung Deformation Using Capacity-Based Reparameterization and Shape Averaging of Lung MR Images.- Prostate Shape Modeling Based on Principal Geodesic Analysis Bootstrapping.- Estimation of Organ Motion from 4D CT for 4D Radiation Therapy Planning of Lung Cancer.- Three-Dimensional Shape-Motion Analysis of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery in EBCT Images.- Short Communications.- Automatic Detection and Removal of Fiducial Markers Embedded in Fluoroscopy Images for Online Calibration.- Increasing Accuracy of Atrophy Measures from Serial MR Scans Using Parameter Analysis of the Boundary Shift Integral.- Evaluating Automatic Brain Tissue Classifiers.- Wrist Kinematics from Computed Tomography Data.- 3D Analysis of Radiofrequency-Ablated Tumors in Liver: A Computer-Aided Diagnosis Tool for Early Detection of Local Recurrences.- Fast Streaking Artifact Reduction in CT Using Constrained Optimization in Metal Masks.- Towards an Anatomically Meaningful Parameterization of the Cortical Surface.- Nodule Detection in Postero Anterior Chest Radiographs.- Texture-Based Classification of Hepatic Primary Tumors in Multiphase CT.- Construction of a 3D Volumetric Probabilistic Model of the Mouse Kidney from MRI.- Fluid Deformation of Serial Structural MRI for Low-Grade Glioma Growth Analysis.- Cardiac Motion Extraction Using 3D Surface Matching in Multislice Computed Tomography.- Automatic Assessment of Cardiac Perfusion MRI.- Texture Based Mammogram Registration Using Geodesic Interpolating Splines.- Gabor Filter-Based Automated Strain Computation from Tagged MR Images.- Non-invasive Derivation of 3D Systolic Nonlinear Wall Stress in a Biventricular Model from Tagged MRI.- MRI Compatible Modular Designed Robot for Interventional Navigation – Prototype Development and Evaluation –.- A Model for Some Subcortical DTI Planar and Linear Anisotropy.- A 3D Model of the Human Lung.- Color Rapid Prototyping for Diffusion-Tensor MRI Visualization.- Process of Interpretation of Two-Dimensional Densitometry Images for the Prediction of Bone Mechanical Strength.- Transient MR Elastography: Modeling Traumatic Brain Injury.- Study on Evaluation Indexes of Surgical Manipulations with a Stereoscopic Endoscope.- A Modular Scalable Approach to Occlusion-Robust Low-Latency Optical Tracking.- Distance Measurement for Sensorless 3D US.- An Analysis Tool for Quantification of Diffusion Tensor MRI Data.- A Cross-Platform Software Framework for Medical Image Processing.- Detection of Micro- to Nano-Sized Particles in Soft Tissue.- Hardware-Assisted 2D/3D Intensity-Based Registration for Assessing Patellar Tracking.- Multiple Coils for Reduction of Flow Artefacts in MR Images.- Freely Available Software for 3D RF Ultrasound.- A Study of Dosimetric Evaluation and Feasibility of Image Guided Intravascular Brachytherapy in Peripheral Arteries.- 3D Elastography Using Freehand Ultrasound.