Information Technologies in Biomedicine

1. Front Matter

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2. Image Analysis

   1. Blood Vessel Segmentation in HRT Images for Glaucoma Early Detection

      • Marcin Grzegorzek, Paula Lubina

      Pages 1-12

   2. Enhancing the Quality of Layer Detection in Tomographic Images of the Eye

      • Robert Koprowski, Slawomir Teper, Edward Wylegala, Zygmunt Wróbel

      Pages 13-23

   3. Segmentation of the Left Ventricle Using Active Contour Method with Gradient Vector Flow Forces in Short-Axis MRI

      • Tomasz Pieciak

      Pages 24-35

   4. White Matter Segmentation from MR Images in Subjects with Brain Tumours

      • Paweł Szwarc, Jacek Kawa, Ewa Pietka

      Pages 36-46

   5. 3D Fuzzy Liver Tumor Segmentation

      • Paweł Badura, Ewa Pietka

      Pages 47-57

   6. Kernelized Fuzzy C-Means Method and Gaussian Mixture Model in Unsupervised Cascade Clustering

      • Joanna Czajkowska, Monika Bugdol, Ewa Pietka

      Pages 58-66

   7. Automatic Detection of Melanomas: An Application Based on the ABCD Criteria

      • Joanna Jaworek-Korjakowska

      Pages 67-76

   8. Subtle Directional Mammographic Findings in Multiscale Domain

      • Magdalena Jasionowska, Artur Przelaskowski

      Pages 77-84

   9. Automatic Nuclei Detection on Cytological Images Using the Firefly Optimization Algorithm

      • Paweł Filipczuk, Weronika Wojtak, Andrzej Obuchowicz

      Pages 85-92

   10. Computer Assisted Location of the Lower Limb Mechanical Axis

       • Piotr Zarychta, Henryk Konik, Anna Zarychta-Bargieła

       Pages 93-100

   11. Automatic Early Stroke Recognition Algorithm in CT Images

       • Grzegorz Ostrek, Artur Przelaskowski

       Pages 101-109

   12. The Design of a System for Assisting Burn and Chronic Wound Diagnosis

       • Ewa Majchrzak, Mirosław Dziewoński, Mariusz Nowak, Marek Kawecki, Michał Bachorz, Paweł Kowalski

       Pages 110-117

   13. The Feature Detection on the Homogeneous Surfaces with Projected Pattern

       • Paweł Popielski, Zygmunt Wróbel

       Pages 118-128

   14. Sensed Compression with Cosine and Noiselet Measurements for Medical Imaging

       • Artur Przelaskowski, Rafal Jozwiak

       Pages 129-142

   15. An Image Processing Approach to Determination of Steel Fibers Orientation in Reinforced Concrete

       • Marcin Rudzki, Monika Bugdol, Tomasz Ponikiewski

       Pages 143-150

3. Signal Processing

   1. Multichannel Biomedical Signals Analysis Based on a Split-and-Collect Approach

      • Juliusz L. Kulikowski

      Pages 151-160

   2. Detection of Abnormalities in ECG

      • Branko Babusiak, Michal Gala

      Pages 161-171

   3. Research into the Possibility to Use Impedance Rheocardiography in a Non-invasive Assessment of Haemodynamic Condition of Patients with Heart Diseases

      • Brygida Przywara-Chowaniec, Lech Poloński, Maciej Gawlikowski, Tadeusz Pustelny

      Pages 172-182

   4. Ontology of EEG Mapping – Preliminary Research

      • Teresa Podsiadly-Marczykowska, Hanna Goszczynska

      Pages 183-198

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Technologies in Biomedicine, ITIB 2012, held in Goglin, Poland, in June 2012. The 60 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on image analysis; signal processing; biocybernetics; biomaterials; bioinformatics and biotechnology; biomechanics and rehabilitation; assisted living systems.

• e-health
• healthcare
• human-computer interaction
• machine learning
• telemedicine

• Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

  Ewa Piętka, Jacek Kawa

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