Fast registration of contrast enhanced magnetic resonance images of the breast

... FAST REGISTRATION OF CONTRAST- ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES OF THE BREAST SUN YIN (B.Eng (Hons.), NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ... 1.1 Background Contrast- enhanced magnetic resonance mammography (CEMRM) uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to obtain the 3-D image of the human bre...

Ngày tải lên: 06/10/2015, 20:49

... multiband images taken from the city of Bam by the Quick Bird satellite, before and after the devastating earthquake of December 26, 2003 before registration Figure shows the result of our registration ... the registration step plays an important role in the overall performance of any change detection approach, and the remotely sensed images cannot well illustrate the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 23:20

... SEGMENTATION OF HUMAN MUSCLES OF MASTICATION FROM MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES NG HSIAO PIAU (B Eng (Hons.), National University of Singapore) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ... masticatory muscles 157 Chapter Introduction 1.1 Introduction This thesis presents methods for segmenting the human masticatory muscles from magnetic resona...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:20

... processing of images in MR colonography 1.2 Aim of the Thesis One of the most important steps in the processing of the images is segmentation This step consists of isolating the colon from the rest ... different kinds of images, including: • CT images of the lungs • MR images of the brain • MR images of the liver • MR images of the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2015, 15:38

... variants of level set methods are incorporated in this software, including both gradient-magnitude based level set as well as region-competition level set A complete segmentation pipeline, including ... simple level set initialization and removes the time consuming non-tumor sampling In order to train the SVM, samples inside the zero level set are used and the trai...

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2015, 17:33

... reported the first systematic histological study of zygapophyseal joints in patients with AS [10] In the present study, we first examined whether inflammation in the spine of patients with AS, ... and microscopic assessment of zygapophyseal joints (a) Macroscopic picture of a zygapophyseal joint from a patient with ankylosing joints spondylitis (AS) (b) Hem...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... this article as: Jalal et al.: Contribution of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of talus skip metastases of Ewing’s sarcoma of the calcaneus in a child: a case report Journal of Medical ... YS, Zahid M, Sabir AB, Asif N, Kumar G, Akhtar M: Calcaneal Ewing’s sarcoma with skip metastases to the adjacent tarsal bones J Clin Diag...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... because no intramural haematoma was visible via a standard neck MRI He was discharged after making a good recovery at 12 days after he was admitted He was started on aspirin, dipyridamole and ... normocapnia and hypercapnia (during inhalation of 10% CO2) Using these images, CVR maps are generated, where an increase in BOLD signal is used as a marker of cerebral vasodilatory capacity O...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 11:23

... provide detailed images of blood vessels without using any contrast material [33] Precise segmentation of vasculature from three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images plays ... Bibliography 68 iii Summary Precise segmentation of vasculature from three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images plays an important role in image-guided n...

Ngày tải lên: 02/10/2015, 12:55

... four possible quartet topologies of four species are shown in Fig Given two evolutionary trees on the same set of n species, the quartet distance between them is the number of sets of four species ... vad|b|c and vbc|a|d in T' All of the four combinations of these will identify the quartet as nonshared Therefore the total number of nonshared quartets bet...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:20

... breast screening - http://thomsonlifestylecentre.com /breast -cancer -screening- package The American Cancer Society recently launched new cancer of the breast screening recommendations The brand ... new recommendations stand to find the best ideas in cancer of the breast tests rooted in the newest understanding The recommendations are targeted at wom...

Ngày tải lên: 27/01/2014, 08:52

... nipple and areolar necrosis 29 Benign disorders and diseases of the breast Lymphatics of the breast The lymphatic drainage of the breast is of great importance in the spread of malignant disease of ... quarters that the only satisfactory way of examining a breast is by means of large scale or “window-frame” sections of the whole gland, and...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 22:20

... mammographic evaluation at the time of the initial diagnosis of breast cancer The increased rate of cancer 32 Imaging of the Breast – Technical Aspects and Clinical Implication detection comes ... Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) recommended annual MR evaluation of the breasts for 12 Imaging of the Breast – Technical Aspects and Clinical...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 22:20