Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2000 : Third International Conference Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October 11-14, 2000 Proceedings

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Neuroimaging and Neurosurgery.- A 3-Dimensional Database of Deep Brain Functional Anatomy, and Its Application to Image-Guided Neurosurgery.- Simulation of Corticospinal Tract Displacement in Patients with Brain Tumors.- Registration of 3D Intraoperative MR Images of the Brain Using a Finite Element Biomechanical Model.- Telesurgery System for Intravascular Neurosurgery.- Automatic Recognition of Cortical Sulci Using a Congregation of Neural Networks.- BrainSuite: An Automated Cortical Surface Identification Tool.- Incorporating Spatial Priors into an Information Theoretic Approach for fMRI Data Analysis.- Small Sample Size Learning for Shape Analysis of Anatomical Structures.- Robust Midsagittal Plane Extraction from Coarse, Pathological 3D Images.- 3-D Reconstruction of Macroscopic Optical Brain Slice Images.- Ultrasound/MRI Overlay with Image Warping for Neurosurgery.- Model-Updated Image-Guided Neurosurgery: Preliminary Analysis Using Intraoperative MR.- Automatic Landmarking of Cortical Sulci.- The Skull Stripping Problem in MRI Solved by a Single 3D Watershed Transform.- A Comparative Statistical Error Analysis of Neuronavigation Systems in a Clinical Setting.- Segmentation.- Detection and Quantification of Line and Sheet Structures in 3-D Images.- Fusing Speed and Phase Information for Vascular Segmentation in Phase Contrast MR Angiograms.- Intraoperative Segmentation and Nonrigid Registration for Image Guided Therapy.- Efficient Semiautomatic Segmentation of 3D Objects in Medical Images.- Space and Time Shape Constrained Deformable Surfaces for 4D Medical Image Segmentation.- Adaptive-Focus Statistical Shape Model for Segmentation of 3D MR Structures.- Non-linear Diffusion for Interactive Multi-scale Watershed Segmentation.- Medial-Guided Fuzzy Segmentation.- Robust 3D Segmentation of Anatomical Structures with Level Sets.- A Curve Evolution Approach to Medical Image Magnification via the Mumford-Shah Functional.- Image Segmentation Based on the Integration of Markov Random Fields and Deformable Models.- Segmentation by Adaptive Geodesic Active Contours.- Interactive Organ Segmentation Using Graph Cuts.- Oncology.- Distribution of Prostate Cancer for Optimized Biopsy Protocols.- Hybrid Classification Approach of Malignant and Benign Pulmonary Nodules Based on Topological and Histogram Features.- MRI – Mammography 2D/3D Data Fusion for Breast Pathology Assessment.- Pre- and Intra-operative Planning and Simulation of Percutaneous Tumor Ablation.- Volume and Shape Preservation of Enhancing Lesions when Applying Non-rigid Registration to a Time Series of Contrast Enhancing MR Breast Images.- Local Integration of Commercially Available Intra-operative MR-scanner and Neurosurgical Guidance for Metalloporphyrin-Guided Tumor Resection and Photodynamic Therapy.- Differential Geometry Based Vector Fields for Characterizing Surrounding Structures of Pulmonary Nodules.- Medical Image Analysis and Visualization.- Non-distorting Flattening for Virtual Colonoscopy.- HeartPerfect: Data Mining in a Large Database of Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy.- Retrospective Correction of MR Intensity Inhomogeneity by Information Minimization.- Comparison of Three High-End Endoscopic Visualization Systems on Telesurgical Performance.- Three-Dimensional Slice Image Overlay System with Accurate Depth Perception for Surgery.- Surgical Navigation System with Intuitive Three-Dimensional Display.- Functional Analysis of the Vertebral Column Based on MR and Direct Volume Rendering.- Toward a Common Validation Methodology for Segmentation and Registration Algorithms.- An Improved Metric Space for Pixel Signatures.- Registration.- Evaluation of an Automatic System for Simulator/Portal Image Matching.- Image Registration by Maximization of Combined Mutual Information and Gradient Information.- An Image Registration Approach to Automated Calibration for Freehand 3D Ultrasound.- Symmetrization of the Non-rigid Registration Problem Using Inversion-Invariant Energies: Application to Multiple Sclerosis.- Modeling and Analysis of Ultrasonic Echoes Reflected from a Surface under Two Layers.- Localization of 3D Anatomical Point Landmarks in 3D Tomographic Images Using Deformable Models.- Fiducial Registration from a Single X-Ray Image: A New Technique for Fluoroscopic Guidance and Radiotherapy.- Multimodal Non-rigid Warping for Correction of Distortions in Functional MRI.- Robust 3D Deformation Field Estimation by Template Propagation.- Tetrahedral Mesh Modeling of Density Data for Anatomical Atlases and Intensity-Based Registration.- Nonrigid Registration of 3D Scalar, Vector and Tensor Medical Data.- A Fluoroscopic X-Ray Registration Process for Three-Dimensional Surgical Navigation.- Block Matching: A General Framework to Improve Robustness of Rigid Registration of Medical Images.- Generalized Correlation Ratio for Rigid Registration of 3D Ultrasound with MR Images.- Surgical Planning and Simulation.- Simulating Minimally Invasive Neurosurgical Interventions Using an Active Manipulator.- Bayesian Estimation of Intra-operative Deformation for Image-Guided Surgery Using 3-D Ultrasound.- Modifying Soft Tissue Models: Progressive Cutting with Minimal New Element Creation.- Interaction Techniques and Vessel Analysis for Preoperative Planning in Liver Surgery.- First Steps in Eliminating the Need for Animals and Cadavers in Advanced Trauma Life Support®.- Planning and Simulation of Robotically Assisted Minimal Invasive Surgery.- A Framework for Predictive Modeling of Intra-operative Deformations: A Simulation-Based Study.- Real-Time Large Displacement Elasticity for Surgery Simulation: Non-linear Tensor-Mass Model.- Endoscopy/Laproscopy.- Multi-DOF Forceps Manipulator System for Laparoscopic Surgery.- A Wide-Angle View Endoscope System Using Wedge Prisms.- Computer-Assisted TURP Training and Monitoring.- Cardiac Image Analysis.- Estimating 3D Strain from 4D Cine-MRI and Echocardiography: In-Vivo Validation.- Automating 3D Echocardiographic Image Analysis.- MyoTrack: A 3D Deformation Field Method to Measure Cardiac Motion from Gated SPECT.- Vascular Image Analysis.- An Adaptive Minimal Path Generation Technique for Vessel Tracking in CTA/CE-MRA Volume Images.- Exploiting Weak Shape Constraints to Segment Capillary Images in Microangiopathy.- Guide Eire Tracking During Endovascular Interventions.- A Deformable Vessel Model with Single Point Initialization for Segmentation, Quantification, and Visualization of Blood Vessels in 3D MRA.- Development of a Computer Program for Volume Estimation of Arteriovenous Malformations from Biplane DSA Images.- Geometrical and Morphological Analysis of Vascular Branches from Fundus Retinal Images.- Visualization.- Computer-Based Assessment of Body Image Distortion in Anorexia Nervosa Patients.- A Realistic Model of the Inner Organs from the Visible Human Data.- Automatic Centerline Extraction for 3D Virtual Bronchoscopy.- Mixed Reality Merging of Endoscopic Images and 3-D Surfaces.- Improving Triangle Mesh Quality with SurfaceNets.- diSNei: A Collaborative Environment for Medical Images Analysis and Visualization.- Surgical Navigation.- Impact of Combined Preoperative Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography and Intraoperative Real-Time Three-Dimensional Ultrasonography on Liver Surgery.- AR Navigation System for Neurosurgery.- Magneto-Optic Hybrid 3-D Sensor for Surgical Navigation.- Computer Assisted ENT Surgery Using Augmented Reality: Preliminary Results on the CAESAR Project.- Interventions under Video-Augmented X-Ray Guidance: Application to Needle Placement.- The Varioscope AR – A Head-Mounted Operating Microscope for Augmented Reality.- Medical Robotics.- An Active Hand-Held Instrument for Enhanced Microsurgical Accuracy.- A New Robotic System for Visually Controlled Percutaneous Interventions under CT Fluoroscopy.- A Miniature Instrument Tip Force Sensor for Robot/Human Cooperative Microsurgical Manipulation with Enhanced Force Feedback.- Portable Virtual Endoscope System with Force and Visual Display for Insertion Training.- MR Compatible Surgical Assist Robot: System Integration and Preliminary Feasibility Study.- Needs Assessment for Computer-Integrated Surgery Systems.- Robotic Assist for MR-Guided Surgery Using Leverage and Parallelepiped Mechanism.- Endoscopic Robots.- An Augmentation System for Fine Manipulation.- Endoscopic Robotically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Anastomosis on the Beating Heart: Analysis of Quality and Patency.- Distributed Modular Computer-Integrated Surgical Robotic Systems: Implementation Using Modular Software and Networked Systems.- Distributed Modular Computer-Integrated Surgical Robotic Systems: Architecture for Intelligent Object Distribution.- Motion-Based Robotic Instrument Targeting under C-Arm Fluoroscopy.- Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery.- Image-Based 3D Planning of Maxillofacial Distraction Procedures Including Soft Tissue Implications.- Computer-Assisted Orthognathic Surgery: Consequences of a Clinical Evaluation.- PC-based Virtual Reality Surgical Simulation for Orthognathic Surgery.- A 3-D System for Planning and Simulating Minimally-Invasive Distraction Osteogenesis of the Facial Skeleton.- Modeling for Plastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery.- Development of 3D Measuring Techniques for the Analysis of Facial Soft Tissue Change.- Accuracy of a Navigation System for Computer-Aided Oral Implantology.- A 3D Finite Element Model of the Face for Simulation in Plastic and Maxillo-Facial Surgery.- Orthopaedics.- Simulation of Patellofemoral Joint Reconstruction Surgery on Patient-Specific Models.- A Strain-Energy Model of Passive Knee Kinematics for the Study of Surgical Implantation Strategies.- Computer-Assisted Anatomical Placement of a Double-Bundle ACL through 3D-Fitting of a Statistically Generated Femoral Template into Individual Knee Geometry.- Post-operative Measurement of Acetabular Cup Position Using X-ray/CT Registration.- Intraoperative Simulation and Planning Using a Combined Acetabular and Femoral (CAF) Navigation System for Total Hip Replacement.- Fixation-Based Surgery: A New Technique for Distal Radius Osteotomy.- A Computer-Assisted ACL Reconstruction System Assessment of Two Techniques of Graft Positioning in ACL Reconstruction.- A Classification Proposal for Computer-Assisted Knee Systems.- A Navigation System for Computer Assisted Unicompartmental Arthroplasty.- An Augmented Reality Navigation System for Computer Assisted Arthroscopic Surgery of the Knee.- Repeatability and Accuracy of Bone Cutting and Ankle Digitization in Computer-Assisted Total Knee Replacements.- Double-Bundle Anatomic ACL-Reconstruction with Computer Assisted Surgery: An In-Vitro Study of the Anterior Laxity in Knees with Anatomic Double-Bundle versus Isometric Single-Bundle Reconstruction.- Measurement of Pelvic Tilting Angle During Total Hip Arthroplasty Using a Computer Navigation System.- Efficacy of Robot-Assisted Hip Stem Implantation. A Radiographic Comparison of Matched-Pair Femurs Prepared Manually and with the Robodoc® System Using an Anatomic Prosthesis.- Surgical Navigation for THR: A Report on Clinical Trial Utilizing HipNav.- Description of Anatomic Coordinate Systems and Rationale for Use in an Image-Guided Total Hip Replacement System.- XIMIT – X-Ray Migration Measurement Using Implant Models and Image Templates.- Construction of 3D Shape Models of Femoral Articular Cartilage Using Harmonic Maps.- Virtual Fluoroscopy: Safe Zones for Pelvic Screw Fixations.- Three-Dimensional Measurement of the Femur Using Clinical Ultrasound: Developing a Basis for Image Guided Intramedullary Nail Fixation of the Femur.- Percutaneous Computer Assisted Iliosacral Screwing: Clinical Validation.- Milling versus Sawing: Comparison of Temperature Elevation and Clinical Performance During Bone Cutting.