Computer vision and mathematical methods in medical and biomedical image analysis
Subtitle: ECCV 2004 workshops CVAMIA and MMBIA, Prague, Czech Republic, May 15, 2004, revised selected papers
By: Milan Sonka, Ioannis A. Kakadiaris, Jan Kybic, (eds.).
Contributors: Sonka, Milan.; Kakadiaris, Ioannis A.; Kybic, Jan.; Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (2004 : Prague, Czech Republic); European Conference on Computer Vision (8th : 2004 : Prague, Czech Republic)
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Lecture notes in computer science ;; 3117
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
Subjects: Diagnostic imaging -- Mathematics -- Congresses; Image processing -- Digital techniques -- Congresses; Computer vision -- Congresses; Imaging systems in medicine -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Medical imaging and medical image analysisare rapidly developing. While m- ical imaging has already become a standard of modern medical care, medical image analysis is still mostly performed visually and qualitatively. The ev- increasing volume of acquired data makes it impossible to utilize them in full. Equally important, the visual approaches to medical image analysis are known to su?er from a lack of reproducibility. A signi?cant researche?ort is devoted to developing algorithms for processing the wealth of data available and extracting the relevant information in a computerized and quantitative fashion. Medical imaging and image analysis are interdisciplinary areas combining electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering; computer science; mathem- ics; physics; statistics; biology; medicine; and other ?elds. Medical imaging and computer vision, interestingly enough, have developed and continue developing somewhat independently. Nevertheless, bringing them together promises to b- e?t both of these ?elds. We were enthusiastic when the organizers of the 2004 European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) allowed us to organize a satellite workshop devoted to medical image analysis.
Notes: "The 2004 Computer Vision Approaches to Medical Image Analysis (CVAMIA) and Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA) Workshop was held in conjunction with the 8th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) in Prague, on May 15, 2004"--Pref.