2. Edition - February 2011
105.- Euro
2011. 400 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-470-62205-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-62205-6 - John Wiley & Sons






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The last two decades have witnessed revolutionary progress in medical imaging and computerized medical image processing. This unique book describes complex medical imaging modalities in simple terms and explains medical image analysis methods that are useful in research and clinical application. Thoroughly expanded and revised, it features new chapters on Optical Imaging Modalities, Simultaneous Multi-Modality Medical Imaging, and Computer-Aided Diagnosis and image guided surgery, as well as updates on 3-D dynamic contrast ultrasound imaging, 3-D fast statistical estimation-based reconstruction methods, and 3-D image fusion and visualization. This new edition is must reading for students in medical imaging & image processing, electrical engineers, biomedical engineers, physicians, medical physicists, and researchers.

From the contents
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.

1.1. Medical Imaging: A Collaborative Paradigm.

1.2. Medical Imaging Modalities.

1.3. Medical Imaging: from Physiology to Information Processing.

1.4. General Performance Measures.

1.5. Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis.

1.6. Matlab Image Processing Toolbox.

1.7. Imagepro Interface in Matlab Environment and Image Databases.

1.8. Imagej and Other Image Processing Software Packages.

1.9. Exercises.

1.10. References.

1.11. Definitions.

CHAPTER 2 IMAGE FORMATION.

2.1. Image Coordinate System.

2.2. Linear Systems.

2.3. Point Source and Impulse Functions.

2.4. Probability and Random Variable Functions.

2.5. Image Formation.

2.6. Pin-hole Imaging.

2.7. Fourier Transform.

2.8. Radon Transform.

2.9. Sampling.

2.10. Discrete Fourier Transform.

2.11. Wavelet Transform.

2.12. Exercises.

2.13. References.

CHAPTER 3 INTERACTION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH MATTER IN MEDICAL IMAGING.

3.1. Electromagnetic Radiation.

3.2. Electromagnetic Radiation for Image Formation.

3.3. Radiation Interaction with Matter.

3.4. Linear Attenuation Coefficient.

3.5. Radiation Detection.

3.6. Detector Subsystem Output Voltage Pulse.

3.7. Exercises.

3.8. References.

CHAPTER 4 MEDICAL IMAGING MODALITIES: X-RAY IMAGING.

4.1. X-Ray Imaging.

4.2. X-Ray Generation.

4.3. X-Ray 2-D Projection Imaging.

4.4. X-Ray Mammography.

4.5. X-Ray CT.

4.6. Spiral X-Ray CT.

4.7. Contrast Agent, Spatial Resolution, and SNR.

4.8. Exercises.

4.9. References.

CHAPTER 5 MEDICAL IMAGING MODALITIES: MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING.

5.1. MRI Principles.

5.2. MR Instrumentation.

5.3. MRI Pulse Sequences.

5.4. Flow Imaging.

5.5. fMRI.

5.6. Diffusion Imaging.

5.7. Contrast, Spatial Resolution, and SNR.

5.8. Exercises.

5.9. References.

CHAPTER 6 NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING MODALITIES.

6.1. Radioactivity.

6.2. SPECT.

6.3. PET.

6.4. Dual-Modality Spect-CT and PET-CT Scanners.

6.5. Exercises.

6.6. References.

CHAPTER 7 MEDICAL IMAGING MODALITIES: ULTRASOUND IMAGING.

7.1. Propagation of Sound in a Medium.

7.2. Reflection and Refraction.

7.3. Transmission of Ultrasound Waves in a Multilayered Medium.

7.4. Attenuation.

7.5. Ultrasound Reflection Imaging.

7.6. Ultrasound Imaging Instrumentation.

7.7. Imaging with Ultrasound: A-Mode.

7.8. Imaging with Ultrasound: M-Mode.

7.9. Imaging with Ultrasound: B-Mode.

7.10. Doppler Ultrasound Imaging.

7.11. Contrast, Spatial Resolution, and SNR.

7.12. Exercises.

7.13. References.

CHAPTER 8 IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION.

8.1. Radon Transform and Image Reconstruction.

8.2. Iterative Algebraic Reconstruction Methods.

8.3. Estimation Methods.

8.4. Fourier Reconstruction Methods.

8.5. Image Reconstruction in Medical Imaging Modalities.

8.6. Exercises.

8.7. References.

CHAPTER 9 IMAGE PROCESSING AND ENHANCEMENT.

9.1. Spatial Domain Methods.

9.2. Frequency Domain Filtering.

9.3. Wavelet Transform for Image Processing.

9.4. Exercises.

9.5. References.

CHAPTER 10 IMAGE SEGMENTATION.

10.1. Edge-Based Image Segmentation.

10.2. Pixel-Based Direct Classifi cation Methods.

10.3. Region-Based Segmentation.

10.4. Advanced Segmentation Methods.

10.5. Exercises.

10.6. References.

CHAPTER 11 IMAGE REPRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND CLASSIFICATION.

11.1. Feature Extraction and Representation.

11.2. Feature Selection for Classification.

11.3. Feature and Image Classification.

11.4. Image Analysis and Classification Example: "Difficult-To-Diagnose" Mammographic Microcalcifications.

11.5. Exercises.

11.6. References.

CHAPTER 12 IMAGE REGISTRATION.

12.1. Rigid-Body Transformation.

12.2. Principal Axes Registration.

12.3. Iterative Principal Axes Registration.

12.4. Image Landmarks and Features-Based Registration.

12.5. Elastic Deformation-Based Registration.

12.6. Exercises.

12.7. References.

CHAPTER 13 IMAGE VISUALIZATION.

13.1. Feature-Enhanced 2-D Image Display Methods.

13.2. Stereo Vision and Semi-3-D Display Methods.

13.3. Surface- and Volume-Based 3-D Display Methods.

13.4. VR-Based Interactive Visualization.

13.5. Exercises.

13.6. References.

CHAPTER 14 CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS IN MEDICAL IMAGING AND IMAGE ANALYSIS.

14.1. Multiparameter Medical Imaging and Analysis.

14.2. Targeted Imaging.

14.3. Optical Imaging and Other Emerging Modalities.

14.4. Model-Based and Multiscale Analysis.

14.5. References.

INDEX.