Visualization in medicine : theory, algorithms, and applications /

Visualization in Medicine is the first book on visualization and its application to problems in medical diagnosis, education, and treatment. The book describes the algorithms, the applications and their validation (how reliable are the results?), and the clinical evaluation of the applications (are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Preim, Bernhard
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Bartz, D. (Dirk)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; Boston : Morgan Kaufmann, ©2007.
Series:	Morgan Kaufmann series in computer graphics and geometric modeling.
Subjects:	Imaging systems in medicine. Diagnostic imaging. Medicine > Data processing. Medical radiology > Data processing. Medical informatics. Diagnostic Imaging Medical Informatics Applications Medical Informatics Imagerie médicale. Imagerie pour le diagnostic. Médecine > Informatique. Radiologie médicale > Informatique. MEDICAL > Diagnostic Imaging. MEDICAL > Diagnosis. Medical informatics Diagnostic imaging Imaging systems in medicine Medicine > Data processing Medical radiology > Data processing Electronic books. dissertations. Academic theses Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction; Chapter 2: Acquisition and Interpretation of Medical Volume Data; Chapter 3: Medical Volume Data in Clinical Practice; Chapter 4: Image Analysis for Medical Visualization; Chapter 5: Exploration of Time Varying Data; Chapter 6: Transfer Function Specification; Chapter 7: Clipping, Cutting and Virtual Resection; Chapter 8: Measurements in Medical Visualization; Chapter 9: Visualization of Anatomic Tree Structures; Chapter 10: Emphasis Techniques in Medical Visualization; Chapter 11: Exploration of MR Diffusion Tensor Images; Chapter 12: Image Analysis and Visualization for Liver Surgery Planning.