Few fields have witnessed such impressive advances as image processing in radiology. The progress achieved has revolutionized diagnosis and greatly facilitated treatment selection and accurate planning of procedures. This book, written by leading experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description of how to use 2D and 3D processing tools in clinical radiology. The first section covers a wide range of technical aspects in an informative way. This is followed by the main section, in which the principal clinical applications are described and discussed in depth. To complete the picture, a third section focuses on various special topics. The book will be invaluable to radiologists of any subspecialty who work with CT and MRI and would like to exploit the advantages of image processing techniques. It also addresses the needs of radiographers who cooperate with clinical radiologists and should improve their ability to generate the appropriate 2D and 3D processing.

Written for:
Radiologists, surgeons, orthopedists, otorhinolaryngologists, gastroenterologists, computer scientists (application in medicine)
Technical Basis of Image Processing
1 US Image Acquisition
Elena Bozzi, Laura Crocetti, and Riccardo Lencioni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 3D MRI Acquisition: Technique
Nickolas Papanikolaou and Spyros Karampekios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3 MDCT Image Acquisition to Enable Optimal 3D Data Evaluation
Michael Macari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4 Segmentation of Radiological Images
Nigel W. John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5 Elaboration of the Images in the Spatial Domain. 2D Graphics
Paolo Marcheschi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6 3D Medical Image Processing
Luigi Landini, Vincenzo Positano, and Maria Filomena Santarelli . . . . 67
7 Virtual Endoscopy
Paola Vagli, Emanuele Neri, Francesca Turini, Francesca Cerri,
Claudia Cecchi, Alex Bardine, and Davide Caramella. . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8 3D Image Fusion
Alan Jackson, Neil A. Thacker, and Stavros M. Stivaros. . . . . . . . . . . . 101
9 Image Processing on Diagnostic Workstations
Bart M. ter Haar Romeny. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Image Processing: Clinical Applications
10 Temporal Bone
Paola Vagli, Francesca Turini, Francesca Cerri, and Emanuele Neri . . . 137
11 Virtual Endoscopy of the Paranasal Sinuses
Joachim Kettenbach, Wolfgang Birkfellner, and Patrik Rogalla . . . . . 151
12 Dental and Maxillofacial Applications
Stephen J. Golding and Stephen R. Watt-Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
13 Virtual Laryngoscopy
Joachim Kettenbach, Wolfgang Birkfellner, Erich Sorantin,
and Andrik J. Aschoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
14 Thorax
Henning Meyer and Patrik Rogalla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
15 Cardiovascular Applications
Christoph R. Becker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Contents
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16 From the Esophagus to the Small Bowel
Franco Iafrate, Pasquale Paolantonio, Carlo Nicola De Cecco,
Riccardo Ferrari, Valeria Panebianco, and Andrea Laghi . . . . . . . . . . 221
17 CT and MR Colonography
Daniele Regge, Teresa Maria Gallo, Cristiana Laudi,
Giovanni Galatola, and Vincenzo Tartaglia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
18 Techniques of Virtual Dissection of the Colon Based on Spiral CT Data
Erich Sorantin, Emese Balogh, Anna Vilanova i Bartrolí,
Kálmán Palágyi, László G. Nyúl, Franz Lindbichler,
and Andrea Ruppert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
19 Unfolded Cube Projection of the Colon
Ayso H. de Vries, Frans M. Vos, Iwo W. O. Serlie, and Jaap Stoker . . . . . 269
20 Liver
Laura Crocetti, Elena Bozzi, Clotilde Della Pina, Riccardo Lencioni,
and Carlo Bartolozzi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
21 Pancreas
Salvatore Mazzeo, Valentina Battaglia, Carla Cappelli. . . . . . . . . . . 293
22 Biliary Tract
Piero Boraschi and Francescamaria Donati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
23 Urinary Tract
Piero Boraschi, Francescamaria Donati, and Simonetta Salemi . . . . . . 317
24 Musculoskeletal System
Anne Cotton, Benoît Sauer, and Alain Blum-Moyse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Special Topics
25 Clinical Applications of 3D Imaging in Emergencies
Michael Rieger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
26 Computer Aided Diagnosis: Clinical Applications in the Breast
Toni W. Vomweg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
27 Computer Aided Diagnosis: Clinical Applications in CT Colonography
Hiroyuki Yoshida and Abraham H. Dachman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
28 Ultrasound-, CT-and MR-Guided Robot-Assisted Interventions
Joachim Kettenbach, Gernot Kronreif, Andreas Melzer,
Gabor Fichtinger, Dan Stoianovici, and Kevin Cleary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
29 Virtual Liver Surgery Planning
Erich Sorantin, Georg Werkgartner, Reinhard Beichel,
Alexander Bornik, Bernhard Reitinger, Nikolaus Popovic,
and Milan Sonka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
List of Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
List of Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429