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World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, June 7-12, 2015, Toronto, Canada

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. David A. Jaffray

    1. Techna Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

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  • Presents the proceedings of the IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in Toronto, 2015

Part of the book series: IFMBE Proceedings (IFMBE, volume 51)

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Table of contents (427 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXXVII
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  2. IMAGING

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Evaluation of the Difficulties of the Learning Process of Mammographic Readings

      • P. C. Carneiro, L. O. Mamere, A. C. Patrocinio
      Pages 3-6

    3. Modeling Breast Cancer Tissue via Analysis of WAXS Signatures

      • R. J. LeClair
      Pages 7-10

    4. Analysis of 80 kV WAXS Measurements with a CdTe Breast Biopsy Diffractometer

      • N. McDonald, R. J. LeClair
      Pages 11-14

    5. Sensitometric analyses of screen-film systems for mammography exams in Brazil

      • L. L. Medeiros, L. A. G. Magalhaes, J. J. S. Estrada, N. M. P. D Ferreira, C. E. de Almeida
      Pages 15-17

    6. Actions for Implementation Program of Image Quality of Mammography

      • R. B. Venancio, L. S. Oliveira, R . S. Ribeiro, C. L. Debs, A. C. Patrocínio
      Pages 18-21

    7. The potential of spectral-CT for material decomposition with gold-nanoparticle and iodine contrast

      • B. Jo, H. S. Im, H. J. Kim, T. J. Son, H. J. Kim
      Pages 22-25

    8. New Line Contrast Figure of Merit for image quality assessment

      • A. Dermitzakis, A. Daskalaki, K. Bliznakova, N. Pallikarakis
      Pages 26-28

    9. Assessment of Photostimulable Storage Phosphor Imaging Plates Quality in Computed Radiography

      • B. Q. Friedrich, A. M. Marques da Silva, R. M. Luz, J. V. Real, A. S. Capaverde
      Pages 29-32

    10. Influence of Contrast Enhancement to Breast Density Classification by Using Sigmoid Function

      • M. F. Angelo, P. C. Carneiro, T. C. Granado, A. C. Patrocinio
      Pages 33-36

    11. Evaluating Techniques of Transformation Intensity for Contrast Enhancement in Mammographic Images

      • A. C. Patrocinio, R. J. P. de Lima, M. F. Angelo
      Pages 37-40

    12. Characterization and Analysis of the Physical Parameters in Dental X-Rays Phantom

      • L. F. Silva, J. M. Santos, C. M. M. Paschoal, D. N. Souza, L. M. Brasil, F. C. L. Ferreira
      Pages 41-45

    13. Study on the Main Nonconformities Found in no Mammography Alagoas State

      • J. R. Almeida Neto, C. M. M. Paschoal, D. N. Souza, L. M. Brasil, F. C. L. Ferreira
      Pages 46-49

    14. Absorbed dose in PMMA and Equivalent Breast Phantom in a Digital Breast Tomosynthesis system: Monte Carlo Assessment

      • L. Rodrigues, L. A. G. Magalhaes, D. Braz
      Pages 50-53

    15. 2D/3D Registration for Motion Compensated Reconstruction in Cone-Beam CT of Knees UnderWeight-Bearing Condition

      • M. Berger, K. Müller, J. -H. Choi, A. Aichert, A. Maier, R. Fahrig
      Pages 54-57

    16. Automatic Motion Estimation and Compensation Framework for Weight-bearing C-arm CT scans using Fiducial Markers

      • K. Müller, M. Berger, J. -H. Choi, A. Maier, R. Fahrig
      Pages 58-61

    17. Towards Image Quality Analysis of Small and Full Field of View Dental Cone Beam CT Systems

      • E. C. Hoffmann, A. M. Marques da Silva, D. F. G. Azevedo
      Pages 62-65

    18. Feasibility study for 3D cone-beam computed tomography reconstruction with few projection data using MLEM algorithm with total variation minimization

      • D. H. Lee, Y. S. Kim, S. H. Choi, H. H. Lee, H. J. Kim
      Pages 66-69

    19. A weighted stochastic gradient descent algorithm for image reconstruction in 3D computed tomography

      • Davood Karimi, Rabab Ward, Nancy Ford
      Pages 70-73
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About this book

This book presents the proceedings of the IUPESM World Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, a tri-annual high-level policy meeting dedicated exclusively to furthering the role of biomedical engineering and medical physics in medicine. The book offers papers about emerging issues related to the development and sustainability of the role and impact of medical physicists and biomedical engineers in medicine and healthcare. It provides a unique and important forum to secure a coordinated, multileveled global response to the need, demand and importance of creating and supporting strong academic and clinical teams of biomedical engineers and medical physicists for the benefit of human health.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Techna Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

    David A. Jaffray

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, June 7-12, 2015, Toronto, Canada

  • Editors: David A. Jaffray

  • Series Title: IFMBE Proceedings

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19387-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19386-1Published: 04 August 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19387-8Published: 13 July 2015

  • Series ISSN: 1680-0737

  • Series E-ISSN: 1433-9277

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVII, 1778

  • Number of Illustrations: 1482 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Medical and Radiation Physics, Biomaterials

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