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Biomedical Image Processing

  • Covers major aspects and methods of biomedical imaging
  • Contributing authors are internationally recognized experts from all over the world
  • Integrates physics and biomedicine
  • Provides a reference for researchers and practicioners
  • Graduate students benefit from the didactic introduction and detailed explanations of the techniques
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering (BIOMEDICAL)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvii
  2. Fundamentals of Biomedical Image Processing

    • Thomas M. Deserno
    Pages 1-51
  3. Image Formation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
    2. Fusion of PET and MRI for Hybrid Imaging

      • Zang-Hee Cho, Young-Don Son, Young-Bo Kim, Seung-Schik Yoo
      Pages 55-79
    3. Cardiac 4D Ultrasound Imaging

      • Jan D’hooge
      Pages 81-104
  4. Image Enhancement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
    2. Morphological Image Processing Applied in Biomedicine

      • Roberto A. Lotufo, Leticia Rittner, Romaric Audigier, Rubens C. Machado, André V. Saúde
      Pages 107-129
    3. Medical Image Registration

      • Daniel Rueckert, Julia A. Schnabel
      Pages 131-154
  5. Feature Extraction and Selection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
    2. Texture in Biomedical Images

      • Maria Petrou
      Pages 157-176
    3. Multi-Scale and Multi-Orientation Medical Image Analysis

      • Bart M. ter Haar Romeny
      Pages 177-196
    4. Feature Extraction and Selection for Decision Making

      • Agma J. M. Traina, Caetano Traina Jr., André G. R. Balan, Marcela X. Ribeiro, Pedro H. Bugatti, Carolina Y. V. Watanabe et al.
      Pages 197-223
  6. Segmentation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
    2. Parametric and Non-Parametric Clustering for Segmentation

      • Hayit Greenspan, Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood
      Pages 227-250
    3. Region-Based Segmentation: Fuzzy Connectedness, Graph Cut and Related Algorithms

      • Krzysztof Chris Ciesielski, Jayaram K. Udupa
      Pages 251-278
    4. Model-Based Segmentation

      • Tobias Heimann, Hervé Delingette
      Pages 279-303
  7. Classification and Measurements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 305-305
  8. Classi?cation and Measurements

    1. Melanoma Diagnosis

      • Alexander Horsch
      Pages 307-328
    2. CADx Mammography

      • Lena Costaridou
      Pages 329-357

About this book

In modern medicine, imaging is the most effective tool for diagnostics, treatment planning and therapy. Almost all modalities have went to directly digital acquisition techniques and processing of this image data have become an important option for health care in future. This book is written by a team of internationally recognized experts from all over the world. It provides a brief but complete overview on medical image processing and analysis highlighting recent advances that have been made in academics. Color figures are used extensively to illustrate the methods and help the reader to understand the complex topics.

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From the reviews:

“The book … contains useful information for anyone interested in medical and biomedical image processing. … this book is a rich and valuable compendium of chapters that cover the current art in biomedical image processing. This is a reference book or textbook for imaging informatics professionals, radiologists, physicists, researchers, scientists, and students interested in the rapidly changing world of imaging and image processing tools and options.” (Janice Honeyman-Buck, Journal of Digital Imaging, Vol. 25, 2012)

“The book is indeed comprehensive, covering all steps in image processing: from image formation via image enhancement, image visualization to image analysis and image management. … It is ‘comprehensive but short, up-to-date but essential and detailed but illustrative’. Also it can be used both by novices (with a mathematical and physics background) and experts, as the editor expressed as a goal. I therefore can recommend this textbook to all interested in learning more about or getting an overview of biomedical image processing methods.”­­­ (Arie Hasman, International Journal of Medical Informatics, Vol. 80, 2011)

“A text that is suitable for clinicians, scientists, and engineers interested in the important topic of how clinical and biomedical images can best be processed for features quantification, and to enhance important visual detail. … The chapters are directed at both students and professors. The aim of each chapter is to cover recent advances and to provide up-to-date information, which is done well. … The text is eminently readable, and would be quite suitable as an undergraduate course text.” (Edward J. Ciaccio, BioMedical Engineering OnLine, Vol. 10 (101), 2011)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Inst. Medizinische Informatik, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

    Thomas Martin Deserno

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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