Registration Methods for Pulmonary Image Analysis: Integration of Morphological and Physiological Knowledge (Aktuelle Forschung Medizintechnik – Latest Research in Medical Engineering) - Softcover

Schmidt-Richberg, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3658016612 ISBN 13: 9783658016616

Publisher: Springer Vieweg, 2014

Synopsis

Various applications in the field of pulmonary image analysis require a registration of CT images of the lung. For example, a registration-based estimation of the breathing motion is employed to increase the accuracy of dose distribution in radiotherapy. Alexander Schmidt-Richberg develops methods to explicitly model morphological and physiological knowledge about respiration in algorithms for the registration of thoracic CT images. The author focusses on two lung-specific issues: on the one hand, the alignment of the interlobular fissures and on the other hand, the estimation of sliding motion at the lung boundaries. He shows that by explicitly considering these aspects based on a segmentation of the respective structure, registration accuracy can be significantly improved.

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About the Author

Alexander Schmidt-Richberg works as a research scientist with a focus on image registration and segmentation. He received his PhD at the Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Lübeck, Germany, in 2013. Currently, he is a member of the Biomedical Image Analysis Group, Imperial College London, UK.

From the Back Cover

Various applications in the field of pulmonary image analysis require a registration of CT images of the lung. For example, a registration-based estimation of the breathing motion is employed to increase the accuracy of dose distribution in radiotherapy. Alexander Schmidt-Richberg develops methods to explicitly model morphological and physiological knowledge about respiration in algorithms for the registration of thoracic CT images. The author focusses on two lung-specific issues: on the one hand, the alignment of the interlobular fissures and on the other hand, the estimation of sliding motion at the lung boundaries. He shows that by explicitly considering these aspects based on a segmentation of the respective structure, registration accuracy can be significantly improved.

Contents

· Registration

· Segmentation

· Level Set Segmentation

· Motion Estimation

· Sliding Motion

· Integrated Registration and Segmentation

Target Groups

· Researchers and students of medical informatics, medical imaging

· Radiologists, physicians

The Author

Alexander Schmidt-Richberg works as a research scientist with a focus on image registration and segmentation. He received his PhD at the Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Lübeck, Germany, in 2013. Currently, he is a member of the Biomedical Image Analysis Group, Imperial College London, UK.

Editors

The series Aktuelle Forschung Medizintechnik is edited by Thorsten Buzug.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Vieweg
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658016612
• ISBN 13: 9783658016616
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184