Visualization in Medicine - Theory, Algorithms, and Applications

A book on visualization and its application to problems in medical diagnosis, education, and treatment. It describes the algorithms, the applications and their validation, and the clinical evaluation of the applications. It covers image acquisition, image analysis, and interaction techniques designed to explore and analyze the data.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 2: Acquisition and Interpretation of Medical Volume Data; Chapter 3: Medical Volume Data in Clinical Practice; Chapter 4: Image Analysis for Medical Visualization; Chapter 5: Exploration of Time Varying Data; Chapter 6: Transfer Function Specification; Chapter 7: Clipping, Cutting and Virtual Resection; Chapter 8: Measurements in Medical Visualization; Chapter 9: Visualization of Anatomic Tree Structures; Chapter 10: Emphasis Techniques in Medical Visualization; Chapter 11: Exploration of MR Diffusion Tensor Images; Chapter 12: Image Analysis and Visualization for Liver Surgery Planning

Product details

• Authors: Dirk Bartz, Bernhard Preim, Bernhard Bartz Preim
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2007
• EAN: 9780123705969
• ISBN: 978-0-12-370596-9
• No. of pages: 680
• Series: Morgan Kaufmann
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT