Edited by Jasjit S. Suri David L. Wilson Swamy Laxminarayan 2005 In Chapter 1 we present in detail a framework for fully automated brain tissue classification. The framework consists of a sequence of fully automated state of the art image registration (both rigid and nonrigid) and image segmentation algorithms. Models of the spatial distribution of brain tissues are […]
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Edited by Jasjit S. Suri David L. Wilson Swamy Laxminarayan 2005 Chapter 1 presents IVUS. Intravascular ultrasound images represent a unique tool to guide interventional coronary procedures; this technique allows to supervise the cross-sectional locations of the vessel morphology and to provide quantitative and qualitative information about the causes and severity of coronary diseases. At the moment, the automatic […]
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R. Lencioni D. Cioni · C. Bartolozzi (Eds.) 2005 Detection, Characterization, Ablation Few fields of medicine have witnessed such impressive progress as the diagnosis and treatment of liver tumors. Advances in imaging technology, the development of novel contrast agents, and the introduction of optimized scanning protocols have greatly facilitated the non-invasive detection and characterization of focal liver lesions. Furthermore, image-guided […]
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Emilio Quaia (Ed.) 2005 Basic Principles and Clinical Applications Microbubble-based contrast agents for ultrasound were introduced some time ago, although their clinical application has become widespread only in recent years. Since color and power Doppler reveal overt artifacts after microbubble injection due to the peculiar features of harmonic signals produced by insonation of microbubbles, dedicated contrast-specific modes of US […]
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Henri M. Duvernoy 2005 Functional Anatomy, Vascularization and Serial Sections with MRI Since the first edition of this book was published (Duvernoy 1988), considerable advances have been made. The new edition therefore includes current concepts about functions of the hippocampus and a study of its external and internal vascularization. Head sections and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) views have also been […]
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Edited by Haruo Sugi 2005 Fifty Years of Research Fifty years have passed since the monumental discovery that muscle contraction results from relative sliding between the thick filaments, consisting mainly of myosin, and the thin filaments, consisting mainly of actin (A.F. Huxley and Niedergerke, Nature 173; 971-973, 1954; H.E, Huxley and Hanson, Nature 173: 973-976, 1954). Until the early […]
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Gian Gaetano Delaini 2005 New Frontiers in Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation Twenty years ago rectal cancer was treated almost exclusively by surgery. This often took the form of total rectal excision resulting in a permanent colostomy. The quality of surgery was variable and the results were often unknown. The last 20 years have seen a remarkable transition due to […]
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Nicholas C. Gourtsoyiannis · Pablo R. Ros (Eds.) 2005 Understanding the Manifestations of Disease We are proud to offer this unique textbook, the first in its class presenting state-of-the-art radiologic images of the entire body correlated with underlying pathology. This book is based on a categorical course presented for 3 years at recent European Congresses of Radiology and covers from head […]
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Peter F. Sharp, Howard G. Gemmell and Alison D. Murray (Eds) 2005 There have been several significant advances in nuclear medicine since the publication of the second edition of Practical Nuclear Medicine. The last seven years have seen great strides in instrumentation, including new coincidence detectors, the development of a wider variety of crystals, and the advent of […]
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Dale L Bailey, David W Townsend, Peter E Valk and Michael N Maisey (Eds) 2005 Basic Sciences In 2003 we published Positron Emission Tomography: Basic Science and Clinical Practice. The aim of that book was to address what we perceived of as a lack, at the time, of a comprehensive contemporary reference work on the rapidly expanding […]
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