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Handbook of Biomedical
Image Analysis
TOPICS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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Signals and Systems in Biomedical Engineering:
Signal Processing and Physiological Systems Modeling
Suresh R. Devasahayam
Models of the Visual System
Edited by George K. Hung and Kenneth J. Ciuffreda
PDE and Level Sets: Algorithmic Approaches to Static and Motion Imagery
Edited by Jasjit S. Suri and Swamy Laxminarayan
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Proceedings of the World Congress for Chinese Biomedical Engineers Edited by Ned H.C. Hwang and Savio L-Y. Woo
Handbook of Biomedical Image Analysis:
Volume I: Segmentation Models Part A
Edited by Jasjit S. Suri, David L. Wilson, and Swamy Laxminarayan
Handbook of Biomedical Image Analysis:
Volume II: Segmentation Models Part B
Edited by Jasjit S. Suri, David L. Wilson, and Swamy Laxminarayan
Handbook of Biomedical Image Analysis:
Volume III: Registration Models
Edited by Jasjit S. Suri, David L. Wilson, and Swamy Laxminarayan
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Handbook of Biomedical
Image Analysis
Volume II: Segmentation Models Part B
Edited by
Jasjit S. Suri
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
David L. Wilson
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
and
Swamy Laxminarayan
Institute of Rural Health
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
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Jasjit Suri dedicates this handbook to
his youngest uncle Paramjeet Chadha and his immediate family: his late sister Sharan, his late brother Amarjeet, and his
late parents Kulwant Kaur and Udam S. Chadha (Fellow of Royal Institute of London).
David Wilson dedicates this handbook to his family and students.
Swamy Laxminarayan dedicates
this book in memory of his beloved parents who were a constant source of inspiration in his life and to his in-laws Corie and Derk Zwakman for their genuine sense
of family attachments and friendship.
Contributors
Alejandro F. Frangi, Ph.D.
University of Zaragoza,
Zaragoza, Spain
Anand Manhoar, M.S.
University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL, USA
Bruno M. Carvalho, M.S.
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, USA
Chun Yuan, Ph.D.
University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, USA
David L. Wilson, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH, USA
Dirk Vandermeulen, Ph.D.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Leuven, Belgium
Emiliano D’Agostino, Ph.D.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Leuven, Belgium
Frederik Maes, Ph.D.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,
Leuven, Belgium
Gabor Szekely, Ph.D.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Zurich
Gabor T. Herman, Ph.D.
CUNY, New York, NY, USA
Jasjit S. Suri, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH, USA
Jean-Claude Klein, Ph.D.
Ecole des Mines de Paris,
Fontainebleau, France
Jeffrey Duerk, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH, USA
Jian Yang, Ph.D.
University of Zaragoza,
Zaragoza, Spain
John J. Heine, Ph.D.
University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL, USA
Jonathan Lewin, M.D.
Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH, USA
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Keir Bovis, Ph.D. |
Paul Suetens, Ph.D. |
University of Exeter, |
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, |
Exeter, UK |
Leuven, Belgium |
Koen Van Leemput, Ph.D. |
Petia, Raveda, Ph.D. |
Helsinki University Central Hospital, |
Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona, |
Helsinki, Finland |
Barcelona, Spain |
Koon-Pong Wong, Ph.D. |
Philippe C. Cattin, Ph.D. |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, |
Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong |
Zurich |
Maria Kallergi, Ph.D. |
Sameer Singh, Ph.D. |
University of South Florida, |
University of Exeter, |
Tampa, FL, USA |
Exeter, UK |
Marla R. Hersh, M.D. |
Sameer Singh, Ph.D. |
University of South Florida, |
University of Exeter, |
Tampa, FL, USA |
Exeter, UK |
Mart´ın Laclaustra, M.D., Ph.D. |
Shuyu Yang, Ph.D. |
Aragon Institute of Health Sciences, |
Texas Tech University, |
Zaragoza, Spain |
Lubbock, TX, USA |
Matthias Harders, Ph.D. |
Siddharth Srivastava, Ph.D. |
Swiss Federal Institue of Technology, |
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, |
Zurich |
Leuven, Belgium |
Misael Rosales, Ph.D. |
Sierra, Ph.D. |
Universidad de los Andes, |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, |
Merida/Venezuela´ |
Zurich |
Mugdha Tembey, M.S. |
Sunanda Mitra, Ph.D. |
University of South Florida, |
Texas Tech University, |
Tampa, FL, USA |
Lubbock, TX, USA |
Oriol Pujol, Ph.D. |
Swamy Laxminarayan, D.Sc. |
Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona, |
State University of Idaho, |
Barcelona, Spain |
Pocatello, ID, USA |
Olivier Salvado, M.S. |
Thomas Walter, Ph.D. |
Case Western Reserve University, |
Ecole des Mines de Paris, |
Cleveland, OH, USA |
Fontainebleau, France |
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Vasanth Pappu, B.S. |
Yoshinobu Sato, Ph.D. |
Case Western Reserve University, |
Osaka University, |
Cleveland, OH, USA |
Osaka, Japan |
William S. Kerwin, Ph.D. |
Zachary E. Miller, Ph.D. |
University of Washington, |
University of Washington, |
Seattle, WA, USA |
Seattle, WA, USA |
Acknowledgments
This book is the result of collective endeavor from several noted engineering and computer scientists, mathematicians, medical doctors, physicists, and radiologists. The editors are indebted to all of their efforts and outstanding scientific contributions. The editors are particularly grateful to Drs. Petia Reveda, Alex Falco, Andrew Laine, David Breen, David Chopp, C. C. Lu, Gary Christensen, Dirk Vandermeulen, Aly Farag, Alejandro Frangi, Gilson Antonio Giraldi, Gabor Szekely, Pierre Hellier, Gabor Herman, Ardeshir Coshtasby, Jan Kybic, Jeff Weiss, Jean-Claude Klein, Majid Mirmehdi, Maria Kallergi, Yangming Zhu, Sunanda Mitra, Sameer Singh, Alessandro Sarti, Xioping Shen, Calvin R. Maurer, Jr., Yoshinobu Sato, Koon-Pong Wong, Avdhesh Sharma, Rakesh Sharma, and Chun Yuan and their team members for working with us so closely in meeting all of the deadlines of the book. We would like to express our appreciation to Kluwer Publishers for helping create this invitational handbook. We are particularly thankful to Aaron Johnson, the acquisition editor and Shoshana Sternlicht for their excellent coordination of the book at every stage.
Dr. Suri thanks Philips Medical Systems, Inc., for the MR datasets and encouragements during his experiments and research. Special thanks are due to Dr. Larry Kasuboski and Dr. Elaine Keeler from Philips Medical Systems, Inc., for their support and motivations. Thanks are also due to my past Ph.D. committee research professors, particularly Professors Linda Shapiro, Robert M. Haralick, Dean Lytle, and Arun Somani, for their encouragements.
We extend our appreciations to Drs. Ajit Singh, Siemens Medical Systems, George Thoma, chief, Imaging Science Division, National Institutes of Health, Dr. Sameer Singh, University of Exeter, UK, for his motivations.
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