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Topics in Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision

  • Addresses the role of the numerical simulation in clinical practice
  • Includes recent advances in theoretical foundations of medical processing
  • Brings together research, applications, techniques and trends
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics (LNCVB, volume 8)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Learning a Family of Detectors via Multiplicative Kernels

    • Quan Yuan, Ashwin Thangali, Vitaly Ablavsky, Stan Sclaroff
    Pages 1-32
  3. Facial Expression Recognition Using FAPs-Based 3DMMM

    • Hamimah Ujir, Michael Spann
    Pages 33-47
  4. Identification of Foliar Diseases in Cotton Crop

    • Alexandre A. Bernardes, Jonathan G. Rogeri, Roberta B. Oliveira, Norian Marranghello, Aledir S. Pereira, Alex F. Araujo et al.
    Pages 67-85
  5. Towards Ontological Cognitive System

    • Carles Fernandez, Jordi Gonzàlez, João Manuel R. S. Tavares, F. Xavier Roca
    Pages 87-99
  6. A Novel Edge Detector Based on Discrete t-norms for Noisy Images

    • M. González-Hidalgo, S. Massanet, A. Mir
    Pages 101-118
  7. Colour Quantisation as a Preprocessing Step for Image Segmentation

    • Henryk Palus, Mariusz Frackiewicz
    Pages 119-138
  8. A Survey for the Automatic Classification of Bone Tissue Images

    • J. E. Gil, J. P. Aranda, E. Mérida-Casermeiro, M. Ujaldón
    Pages 181-200
  9. Colour Video Segmentation for the Quantification of Sweat Dynamic Function

    • J. L. Quintero-Morales, E. Nava-Baro, A. García-Linares, B. Camacho-García, M. S. Dawid-Milner
    Pages 201-222
  10. Current Issues in Medical Thermography

    • Ricardo Vardasca, Ricardo Simoes
    Pages 223-237
  11. Detection of Anatomic Structures in Retinal Images

    • José Pinão, Carlos Manta Oliveira, André Mora, João Dias
    Pages 239-260
  12. Segmentation Based Pattern Recognition for Peri-Urban Areas in X Band SAR Images

    • Bruno Cafaro, Silvia Canale, Alberto De Santis, Daniela Iacoviello, Fiora Pirri, Simone Sagratella
    Pages 275-289
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 307-309

About this book

The sixteen chapters included in this book were written by invited experts of international recognition and address important issues in Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision, including: Object Recognition, Object Detection, Object Tracking, Pose Estimation, Facial Expression Recognition, Image Retrieval, Data Mining, Automatic Video Understanding and Management, Edges Detection, Image Segmentation, Modelling and Simulation, Medical thermography, Database Systems, Synthetic Aperture Radar and Satellite Imagery.

Different applications are addressed and described throughout the book, comprising: Object Recognition and Tracking, Facial Expression Recognition, Image Database, Plant Disease Classification, Video Understanding and Management, Image Processing, Image Segmentation, Bio-structure Modelling and Simulation, Medical Imaging, Image Classification, Medical Diagnosis, Urban Areas Classification, Land Map Generation.

The book brings together the current state-of-the-art in the various multi-disciplinary solutions for Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision, including research, techniques, applications and new trends contributing to the development of the related areas.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculdade de Engenharia, Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Renato M. Natal Jorge

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Softcover Book USD 199.99
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