Table of Contents

• C-arm CT soft tissue 3D imaging with a mobile C-armDieter Ritter, Matthias Mitschke, Rainer Graumann. 3-6
• 3D ROI imaging for cone-beam computed tomographyJens Wiegert, Matthias Bertram, Jörg Wulff, Dirk Schäfer, Jürgen Weese, Thomas Netsch, Hermann Schomberg, Georg Rose. 7-12
• The impact of acquisition angular range on the z-resolution of radiographic tomosynthesisBaojun Li, Gopal B. Avinash, Renuka Uppaluri, Jeffrey W. Eberhard, Bernhard E. H. Claus. 13-18
• Determination of personalized inertial parameters of lower limb by biplanar low-dose radiographyR. Dumas, R. Aissaoui, David Mitton, Wafa Skalli, Jacques A. de Guise. 19-24
• An improved method for generating virtually stretched views of organs based on volumetric image deformationKensaku Mori, Hiroki Oka, Takayuki Kitasaka, Yasuhito Suenaga, Jun-ichiro Toriwaki. 25-30
• Fast CT/PET registration based on partial volume matchingEvelyn Firle, Stefan Wesarg, Christian Dold. 31-36
• Evaluation of neuro bone removal algorithms for CT angiographyAdrienne Fazio, Krishna Subramanyan, Zm Lin, Les Ciancibello, Marcel van Straten, Scott Pohlman. 37-42
• Objective quantification of perfusion-weighted computed tomography in the setting of acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhageCelina Imielinska, Xin Liu, Michael E. Sughrue, Sean Kelly, Eugene Hagiwara, E. Sander Connolly Jr., Anthony L. D Ambrosio. 43-50
• Multidetector CT in the liver: optimization of iodine concentration and scan timing for the diagnosis of hepatic tumorsRenate M. Hammerstingl, Pierre-Jean Valette, Denis M. Regent, Thomas J. Vogl. 51-56
• Improved compressibility of multislice CT datasets using 3D JPEG2000 compressionKhan M. Siddiqui, Eliot L. Siegel, Bruce I. Reiner, Olivier Crave, Jeffrey P. Johnson, Zhenyu Wu, Joseph C. Dagher, Ali Bilgin, Michael W. Marcellin, Mariappan S. Nadar. 57-62
• A post-processing tool for visualization and quantification of 4D medical imagesCristiana Corsi, Enrico G. Caiani, Roberto M. Lang, Alessandro Sarti, Roberto Battani, Claudio Lamberti. 63-68
• Robust 3D organ segmentation using a fast hybrid algorithmLixu Gu, Terry M. Peters. 69-74
• Vessel segmentation and blood flow simulation using Level-Sets and Embedded Boundary methodsThomas Deschamps, P. Schwartz, D. Trebotich, P. Colella, D. Saloner, Ravi Malladi. 75-80
• A test suite for validation of volume visualization proceduresAndreas Pommert, Karl Heinz Höhne. 81-85
• Tele-training simulation for the surgical robot system da Vinci Shigeyuki Suzuki, Naoki Suzuki, Makoto Hashizume, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Kozo Konishi, Asaki Hattori, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe. 86-91
• Introduction to IHEHerman Oosterwijk. 92-95
• Defending medical information systems against malicious software*1David E. Gobuty. 96-107
• Evidence and diagnostic reporting in the IHE contextCor Loef. 108-112
• Beyond good practice: why HIPAA only addresses part of the data security problemJeffery Collmann, D. Lambert, M. Brummett, D. DeFord, J. Coleman, Ted Cooper, Keith R. McCall, Dennis M. Seymour, C. Alberts, A. Dorofee. 113-118
• The HIPAA security standard and Kaiser PermanenteTed Cooper, Jeffery Collmann. 119-124
• Assessing information security risk in healthcare organizations of different scaleJohnathan Coleman. 125-130
• Security and interconnection of medical devices to healthcare networksDennis M. Seymour, Keith R. McCall, Louis DiPaola. 131-134
• Federated authentication to support information sharing: Shibboleth in a bio-surveillance information gridH. David Lambert, Charles F. Leonhardt. 135-140
• Security incident response: rethinking risk managementChristopher Alberts, Audrey J. Dorofee. 141-146
• How to achieve fast, accurate, and robust rigid registration between fluoroscopic X-ray and CT imagesLeo Joskowicz, Dotan Knaan. 147-152
• A similarity measure based on Tchebichef moments for 2D/3D medical image registrationXinhui Yang, Wolfgang Birkfellner, Peter Niederer. 153-158
• Hybrid method for both calibration and registration of an endoscope with an active optical trackerGaëtan Marti, Vincent Bettschart, Jean-Sébastien Billiard, Charles Baur. 159-164
• Fast intensity-based fluoroscopy-to-CT registration using pattern search optimizationMichael Roth, Manfred Dötter, Rainer Burgkart, Achim Schweikard. 165-170
• A nonlinear and non-iterative noise reduction technique for medical images: concept and methods comparisonWilbur C. K. Wong, Albert C. S. Chung. 171-176
• 3D reconstruction of the carotid artery from two views using a single centerlineKenneth R. Hoffmann, Alan M. Walczak, Peter B. Noel. 177-182
• Abdominal aortic stent graft planning with automatically extracted vessel centerlines/cross-sections in multislice CTKrishna Subramanyan, Les Ciancibello, Jacob Durgan. 183-188
• Motion compensation for cone-beam CT based on 4D motion field of sinogram tracked markersDirk Schäfer, Matthias Bertram, Norbert Conrads, Jens Wiegert, Georg Rose, Volker Rasche. 189-194
• Statistical cerebrovascular segmentation in three-dimensional rotational angiography based on maximum intensity projectionsRui Gan, Wilbur C. K. Wong, Albert C. S. Chung, Simon C. H. Yu. 195-200
• Segmentation of liver vessels as seen in MR and CT imagesOle Christian Eidheim, Lars Aurdal, T. Omholt-Jensen, T. Mala, B. Edwin. 201-206
• A SVM-based framework for autonomous volumetric medical image segmentation using hierarchical and coupled level setsShuo Li, Thomas Fevens, Adam Krzyzak. 207-212
• Shape-based MRI data segmentation in the presence of intensity inhomogeneities using level setsHossam S. Hassan, Aly A. Farag. 213-218
• X-ray bone fracture segmentation by incorporating global shape model priors into geodesic active contoursYuchong Jiang, Paul Babyn. 219-224
• Surface extraction: dividing voxelsT. Chen, Luis Serra, Ng Hern. 225-230
• Hidden Markov models for the analysis and classification of ultrasound dataJörg Moldenhauer, Thomas Beth, Ulrich Mende. 231-236
• Vertebral pose estimation using edge-based pattern matching and stereoradiographic 3D reconstruction of the spineSylvain Deschênes, Benoit Godbout, Vincent Pomero, Wafa Skalli, Jacques A. de Guise. 237-242
• Analyzing inter-individual shape variations of the middle ear cavity by developing a common shape model based on medial representationKarl D. Fritscher, Roland Pilgram, Rudolf Leuwer, C. Habermann, A. Müller, Rainer Schubert. 243-248
• Total cost of high volume multi-detector CT data managementD. R. Voellmy, O. Handgrätinger, Simon Wildermuth, B. Fröhlich, Borut Marincek. 249-253
• Assessment of the effect of the ready availability of radiology results on clinical decision making at Princess Alexandra Hospital Brisbane, AustraliaB. Crowe, L. Sim. 254-259
• Accessible web-based collaborative tools and wireless personal PACS: feasibility of group work for radiologistsN. Nakata, N. Suzuki, Y. Fukuda, K. Fukuda. 260-264
• Wearable ultrasound device for ubiquitous medical care environmentsTakatoshi Suenaga, Hiroshi Sasaki, Yasushi Masuda, Masataka Imura, Yoshihiro Yasumuro, Akira Yutani, Yoshitsugu Manabe, Osamu Oshiro, Kunihiro Chihara. 265-270
• Emergency teleradiology using Dicom-e-mail: security and technical aspects in a setting with 17 hospitalsGerald Weisser, Michael Walz, Stephan Ruggiero, Alain Runa, C. Köster, Christoph Düber. 271-273
• Flexible and secure Internet-based discussion of variable medical image dataFrank Ãœckert, Gunnar Fischer, Lars Brinkmann, Heribert Jürgens, Michael Paulussen. 274-278
• Building an enterprise-wide PACS for all diagnostic imagesDavid Bandon, Patrice Trolliard, Arnaud Garcia, Christian Lovis, Antoine Geissbühler, Jean-Paul Vallée. 279-284
• Infrastructure of PACS linked to EPRH. Kondoh, T. Shimomura, S. Kuwata. 285-288
• A health information infrastructure enabling secure access to the life-long multimedia electronic health recordManolis Tsiknakis, Dimitrios G. Katehakis, Stelios C. Orphanoudakis. 289-294
• An open eHealth platform for health management using adaptable service profilesCatherine E. Chronaki, P. Lelis, Franco Chiarugi, D. Trypakis, K. Moumouris, H. Stavrakis, G. Kavlentakis, N. Stathiakis, Manolis Tsiknakis, Stelios C. Orphanoudakis. 295-300
• Electronic multimedia data management for remote population in EcuadorAzhar Rafiq, Xiaoming Zhao, Stephen Cone, Ronald C. Merrell. 301-306
• Incorporation of magnetic resonance imaging into intensity modulated whole-pelvic radiation therapy treatment planning to reduce the volume of pelvic bone marrow irradiatedJohn C. Roeske, Arno J. Mundt. 307-312
• Validation of 3D assessment of MR imaging-guided percutaneous cryotherapy of a soft-tissue metastasisChristian P. Zentai, Daniel Worku, Kemal Tuncali, Kelly H. Zou, Paul R. Morrison, Simon K. Warfield, R. M. M. Seibel, Stuart G. Silverman. 313-317
• Extracranial frameless stereotactic radiosurgery with multi-modal imaging and opto-electronic position verificationM. Riboldi, C. Garibaldi, Guido Baroni, M. F. Spadea, B. Tagaste, G. Catalano, R. Orecchia, V. Bettinardi, G. Rizzo, C. Messa, F. Fazio, Antonio Pedotti. 318-322
• A robotic 3-D motion simulator for enhanced accuracy in CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgeryT. Zhou, Jonathan Tang, Sonja Dieterich, Kevin Cleary. 323-328
• Registration of vascular 3D data sets obtained from multiple-view reconstructionsPeter B. Noel, Kenneth R. Hoffmann, Alan M. Walczak, Jacek Dmochowski. 329-334
• Human visual system modeling for selecting the optimal display for digital radiographyJeffrey P. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Krupinski, Hans Roehrig, Jeffrey Lubin, John Nafziger. 335-340
• Physical and psychophysical evaluation of LCD noiseHans Roehrig, Elizabeth A. Krupinski, Jiahua Fan, Kunal A. Gandhi. 341-346
• In-field evaluation of the image quality of electronic display devicesHans Roehrig, Jerry Gaskillz, Jiahua Fan, Ananth Poolla, Chadwick Martin. 347-352
• DICOM plug-n-play, factory calibration internal to the flat panelK. Compton, R. Hansen. 353-356
• Integrated communication: workflow enhancement in the digital diagnostic radiology departmentG. R. Aben, M. Morita, S. Fors, M. Switzer. 357-360
• Benchmarking of radiological processesD. Weseloh, K. Reiff, S. Braitinger. 361-365
• Web-based assessment and quality assurance in diagnostic and interventional radiologyS. Alibek, O. Akhan, H. Greess, W. Bautz, M. Grunewald. 366-367
• Comparison of traditional and next-generation image distribution methods - preliminary results regarding workflows and outcomesH. Gregersen, G. Willander. 368-370
• Intensity and region-of-interest-based finite-element modeling of brain deformationHongjian Shi, Aly A. Farag. 373-377
• A PC-based system architecture for real-time finite element-based tool-specific surgical simulationMichel A. Audette, Vincent Hayward, Oliver R. Astley, Michel Doyon, G. A. McCallister, Kiyoyuki Chinzei. 378-383
• Finite element modelling for soft tissues surgery based on nonlinear elasticity behaviourYannick Tillier, Audrey Paccini, J. Delotte, Marc Durand-Reville, Jean-Loup Chenot. 384-389
• Liver surgery training and planning in 3D virtual spaceV. Sojar, D. Stanisavljev, M. Hribernik, M. Glui, D. Kreuh, U. Velkavrh, T. Fius. 390-394
• Development of an elastic organ model containing voxel informationTakahiro Takimoto, Naoki Suzuki, Asaki Hattori, Shigeyuki Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Yoshito Otake, Akihiko Uchiyama, Susumu Kobayashi. 395-400
• Analysis of tissue consistency perception for laparoscopic simulator designPablo Lamata, Enrique J. Gómez, Francisco M. Sánchez-Margallo, Félix Lamata, Francisco Gayá, José B. Pagador, Jesús Usón, Francisco del Pozo. 401-406
• Immediate post-operative procedure for identification of the rheological parameters of biological soft tissueMarc Durand-Reville, Yannick Tillier, Audrey Paccini, A. Lefloch, J. Delotte, A. Bongain, Jean-Loup Chenot. 407-412
• Haptic interaction in VR-based paracentesis simulation for dexterity enhancement and assessmentCostas S. Tzafestas, Yiannis Koumpouros, Kostas Birbas. 413-418
• Evaluating soft tissue simulation in maxillofacial surgery using preoperative and postoperative CT scansMatthieu Chabanas, Christophe Marecaux, Franz Chouly, Franck Boutault, Yohan Payan. 419-424
• A new system to perform continuous target tracking for radiation and surgery using non-ionizing alternating current electromagneticsT. P. Mate, D. Krag, J. N. Wright, S. Dimmer. 425-430
• An interactive mechatronic assistance system to support surgical interventionsJuergen Wahrburg, I. Gross, P. Knappe, S. Pieck, Stephan Künzler, Fridun Kerschbaumer. 431-436
• Intraoperative magnetic navigation system for thoracoscopic surgery and its application to partial resection of the pig lungJunichi Shimada, Daishiro Katoh, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Atsushi Nishikawa, Fumio Miyazaki, Makoto Kawakami, Shinji Tsujimoto, Fumiaki Ikeda, Yutaka Yamamoto. 437-442
• Online 32-channel signal processing and integrated database improve navigation during cranial stereotactic surgeriesKerstin M. L. Menne, C. K. E. Moll, S. Kondra, M. Bär, P. Detemple, Andreas K. Engel, Ulrich G. Hofmann. 443-448
• Available range analysis of laser guidance system and its application to monolithic integration with optical trackerYoshikazu Nakajima, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Yoshinobu Sato, Nobuhiko Sugano, Yasuyuki Momoi, Toshihiko Sasama, Tsuyoshi Koyama, Yuichi Tamura, Kazuo Yonenobu, Ichiro Sakuma, Hideki Yoshikawa, Takahiro Ochi, Shinichi Tamura. 449-454
• Deformable modelling of the cervical spine for neurosurgical navigationSascha Seifert, Oliver Burgert, Irina Wächter, Rüdiger Dillmann, Uwe Spetzger. 455-460
• Digital technology-assisted minimally invasive spinal surgery (MISS) for spinal motion preservationJohn C. Chiu. 461-466
• Real-time vision-based approach for probe tracking in operating roomAly A. Farag, M. Sabry Hassouna, Ayman El-Baz, Stephen G. Hushek. 467-472
• IGSTK: a software toolkit for image-guided surgery applicationsKevin Cleary, Luis Ibáñez, Sohan Ranjan, M. Brian Blake. 473-479
• CT-guided subabcromial soft tissue decompression for impingement syndrome of the shoulderM. Braun, Dietrich H. W. Grönemeyer, S. Schirp, C. H. Colcuc. 480-485
• Evaluation of a robotic targeting device for interventional radiologyGernot Kronreif, Joachim Kettenbach, Michael Figl, Ludwig Kleiser, Wolfgang Ptacek, Martin Fürst. 486-491
• A hybrid method for registration of interventional CT and ultrasound imagesJens von Berg, Jochen Kruecker, Heinrich Schulz, Kirsten Meetz, Jörg Sabczynski. 492-497
• Navigation system for ACL reconstruction using registration between multi-viewpoint X-ray images and CT imagesMamoru Kuga, Kazunori Yasuda, Nobuhiko Hata, Takeyoshi Dohi. 498-502
• Robotically assisted ablative treatment guided by freehand 3D ultrasoundEmad Boctor, Robert J. Webster III, Michael A. Choti, Russell H. Taylor, Gabor Fichtinger. 503-508
• Robot control by fluoroscopic guidance for minimally invasive spine proceduresGabriela Corral, Luis Ibáñez, Charles Nguyen, Dan Stoianovici, Nassir Navab, Kevin Cleary. 509-514
• A new robotic system for CT-guided percutaneous procedures with haptic feedbackBenjamin Maurin, Olivier Piccin, Bernard Bayle, Jacques Gangloff, Michel de Mathelin, Luc Soler, Afshin Gangi. 515-520
• Tactile feedback and display system for CT-guided, robot-assisted percutaneous proceduresJeffrey Yanof, Christopher Bauer, Bradford J. Wood. 521-526
• Augmented reality provision in robotically assisted minimally invasive surgeryD. A. Wang, Fernando Bello, Ara Darzi. 527-532
• Manual vs. robotic milling parameters for development of a new robotic system in cranial surgeryMartin Engelhardt, P. Bast, Wolfgang Lauer, V. Rohde, Kirsten Schmieder, Klaus Radermacher. 533-538
• Navigation system for a developed endoscopic surgical robot systemAsaki Hattori, Naoki Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Shigeyuki Suzuki, Yoshito Otake, Kazuki Sumiyama, Hisao Tajiri, Susumu Kobayashi. 539-544
• Increased safety in robotic skull base surgery with redundant navigation and automated registrationKlaus Bumm, Heinrich Iro, T. Dannenmann, Michael Vogele, C. Bohr, Christopher Nimsky, Jochen Wurm. 545-548
• Risk management for a robot-assisted needle positioning system for interventional radiologyMarkus Nagel, Gerd Schmidt, Gero Schnütgen, Willi A. Kalender. 549-554
• Machine vision based fiber optic joint sensor for MR-compatible robotJani Virtanen, Matti Malila, Yrjö Louhisalmi, Pietari Hyvärinen, Kalervo Nevala. 555-560
• Building a statistical shape model of the pelvisSebastian Meller, Willi A. Kalender. 561-566
• Rapid Prototyping models for surgical planning with hard and soft tissue representationHermann Seitz, Carsten Tille, Stephan Irsen, Günter Bermes, Robert Sader, Hans-Florian Zeilhofer. 567-572
• An optically based tactile system for interactive gradual surface scanningAndreas Rose, Andreas Hein, Tim Lüth. 573-578
• In vivo micro-CT-based FE models of guinea pigs with titanium implants: an STL-based approachSiegfried V. N. Jaecques, Luiza Muraru, Carl Van Lierde, Els De Smet, Hans Van Oosterwyck, Martine Wevers, Ignace Naert, Jos Vander Sloten. 579-583
• CAD/CAM prefabricated individual skull implants: new aspects in robot resection and guided bone regenerationStephan Weihe, C. Schiller, Christian Rasche, Stefan Haßfeld, Michael Wehmöller, Hayo Knoop, M. Epple, Harald Eufinger. 584-590
• Four-dimensional patient-specific musculoskeletal model of the patient after Total Hip ArthroplastyYoshito Otake, Naoki Suzuki, Asaki Hattori, Hidenobu Miki, M. Yamamura, Hironobu Nakamura, Nobuhiko Sugano, Kazuo Yonenobu, Takahiro Ochi. 591-596
• An open-configuration MRI study of femoro-acetabular impingement and subluxation in extreme leg positionsM. Yamamura, Nobuhiko Sugano, Hidenobu Miki, Hironobu Nakamura, A. Kakimoto, T. Hananouchi, Takashi Nishii, Hideki Yoshikawa. 597-601
• Magnetically tracked bone screws for image guided interventionNeil D. Glossop, Kevin Cleary, James Burgess, Gabriela Corral. 602-607
• A simple system for navigation of bone alignment osteotomies of the tibiaStefan Weber, Tim Lüth. 608-613
• Validations of Computer-Assisted Orthopaedic Surgical System for insertion of distal locking screws for intramedullary nailsSabur Malek, Roger Phillips, Amr Mohsen, Warren J. Viant, Mike Bielby, Kevin Sherman. 614-619
• Computer-assisted fracture reduction of proximal femur using preoperative CT data and intraoperative fluoroscopic imagesYoshikazu Nakajima, Takahito Tashiro, Toshiyuki Okada, Yoshinobu Sato, Nobuhiko Sugano, M. Saito, Kazuo Yonenobu, Hideki Yoshikawa, Takahiro Ochi, Shinichi Tamura. 620-625
• 3D reconstruction and navigated removal of femoral bone cement in revision THR based on few fluoroscopic imagesM. de la Fuente, E. Schkommodau, P. Lutz, M. Neuss, D. C. Wirtz, Klaus Radermacher. 626-631
• A bone cutting device for rotational acetabular osteotomy (RAO) with a curved oscillating sawIchiro Sakuma, K. Mukaiyama, Iulian Iordachita, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Etsuko Kobayashi, H. Yano. 632-637
• Robotized distraction device for knee replacement surgeryC. Marmignon, A. Leimnei, Philippe Cinquin. 638-643
• CAVE-technology for visualizing medical imageryFlorian Kral, Andreas H. Mehrle, Ron Kikinis, Wolfgang Freysinger. 644-647
• On the predictability of tissue changes for osteotomy planning in maxillofacial surgery: a comparison with postoperative resultsStefan Zachow, Thomas Hierl, Bodo Erdmann. 648-653
• 3D modeling for quality control in maxillofacial surgeryGeorg Eggers, Rüdiger Marmulla, Tim Lüth, Stefan Haßfeld. 654-657
• The Hollowman - a virtual reality tool in cranio-maxillofacial surgeryR. A. Mischkowski, M. Zinser, A. Kübler, U. Seifert, J. E. Zöller. 658-661
• Improved ultrasound-based navigation for robotic drilling at the lateral skull baseU. W. Geisthoff, Steffen H. Tretbar, Philipp A. Federspil, P. K. Plinkert. 662-666
• CAD/CAM-prefabricated titanium implants for large skull defects - clinical experience with 166 patients from 1994 to 2000Michael Wehmöller, Stephan Weihe, Christian Rasche, P. Scherer, Harald Eufinger. 667-672
• Registration of preoperative and intraoperative high-field MR image data allows automatic updating of neuronavigationChristopher Nimsky, Oliver Ganslandt, Boris von Keller, Rudolf Fahlbusch. 673-677
• Accuracy and applicability of laser surface scanning as new registration technique in image-guided neurosurgeryR. Krishnan, A. Raabe, V. Seifert. 678-683
• Functional MRI-guided resection of low grade gliomasWalter A. Hall, Haiying Liu, Charles L. Truwit. 684-688
• The benefit of fMRI and neuronavigation in neurosurgical treatment of processes in the central regionDirk Winkler, Dirk Lindner, Christos Trantakis, Gero Strauß, Andreas Richter, Margret Hund-Georgiadis, V. Cramon, Jürgen Meixensberger. 689-692
• Advanced information-guided surgery by integration of data from different modalityYoshihiro Muragaki, Hiroshi Iseki, Takashi Maruyama, R. Nakamura, Motohiro Hayashi, Osami Kubo, Tomokatsu Hori, Kintomo Takakura. 693-696
• Development of navigation system employing intraoperative diffusion weighted imaging using open MRIN. Ozawa, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Hiroshi Shirakawa, K. Suzukawa, R. Nakamura, S. Watanabe, Hiroshi Iseki, Kintomo Takakura. 697-702
• Three-dimensional visualization of major white matter tracts by diffusion tensor imaging-based fiber trackingChristopher Nimsky, Oliver Ganslandt, A. G. Sorensen, Rudolf Fahlbusch. 703-706
• IOMaster 7D - a new device for virtual neuroendoscopyChristos Trantakis, Jürgen Meixensberger, Gero Strauß, Edgar Nowatius, Dirk Lindner, Hüseyin Kemâl Çakmak, Heiko Maaß, C. Nagel, Uwe G. Kühnapfel. 707-712
• Volumetric anatomical and functional identification in neuronavigationSteffen K. Rosahl, Günter C. Feigl, Alireza Gharabaghi, U. Hubbe, Ramin Shahidi, J. Zentner, Madjid Samii. 713-717
• Geometry-based metrics for planning of neuroendovascular therapyNavneeth Subramanian, Thenkurussi Kesavadas, Kenneth R. Hoffmann. 718-723
• Automated MRI compatible tissue harvesterM. R. Meiler, J. A. Ginther, M. M. Tesic. 724-729
• Accurate volume measurement for liver surgery in vivo evaluation with a pig modelMatthias Thorn, Michael Kremer, Tobias Heimann, Bruno M. Schmied, Peter Schemmer, Götz Martin Richter, Kaspar Z graggen, Markus W. Büchler, Hans-Peter Meinzer. 730-734
• Augmented reality for port placement and navigation in robotically assisted minimally invasive cardiovascular surgeryJörg Traub, Marco Feuerstein, Martin Bauer, Eva U. Schirmbeck, Hesam Najafi, Robert Bauernschmitt, Gudrun Klinker. 735-740
• A real-time data fusion system updating 3D organ shapes using color information from multi-directional camerasMiyuki Uematsu, Naoki Suzuki, Asaki Hattori, Yoshito Otake, Shigeyuki Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Susumu Kobayashi, Akihiko Uchiyama. 741-746
• MRI for modeling of liver and skin respiratory motionK. H. Wong, J. W. Van Meter, S. T. Fricke, Calvin R. Maurer Jr., Kevin Cleary. 747-752
• Real-time image tracking of a flexible bronchoscopeAlfred Schneider, H. Hautmann, Helmut Barfuß, T. Pinkau, F. Peltz, Hubertus Feussner, A. Wichert. 753-757
• Ultrasound-based navigation system incorporating preoperative planning for liver surgerySebastian Eulenstein, Thomas Lange, Michael Hünerbein, Peter-Michael Schlag, Hans Lamecker. 758-763
• Feasibility of simultaneous respiratory function monitoring and determination of respiratory-related intrahepatic vessel excursion using the LifeShirt? systemElliot Levy, Marc Kalis, Minh Vo, David Lindisch, Kevin Cleary. 764-769
• Intraoperative online navigation of dissection of the hepatical tissue - a new dimension in liver surgery?M. Birth, M. Kleemann, P. Hildebrand, H. P. Bruch. 770-774
• New sensing method of force acting on instrument for laparoscopic robot surgeryShigeyuki Shimachi, Yasunori Fujiwara, Yoshihide Hakozaki. 775-780
• Computer-aided suturing in laparoscopic surgeryFlorent Nageotte, Michel de Mathelin, Christophe Doignon, Luc Soler, Joël Leroy, Jacques Marescaux. 781-786
• In vivo camera robots provide improved vision for laparoscopic surgeryDmitry Oleynikov, Mark Rentschler, Adnan Hadzialic, Jason Dumpert, Stephen Platt, Shane Farritor. 787-792
• Laparoscopic ultrasound navigation in liver surgery - technical aspects and feasibilityM. Kleemann, P. Hildebrand, R. Keller, H. P. Bruch, M. Birth. 793-796
• Experimental study of robotic needle insertion in soft tissueNiki Abolhassani, Rajnikant V. Patel, Mehrdad Moallem. 797-802
• Development and evaluation of optimal prostate biopsy protocols for individual groups of patientsJianchao Zeng 0002, Ariela Sofer, Wei Zhang, Leon Sun, Isabell A. Sesterhenn, Judd W. Moul, Seong K. Mun, Mohamed F. Chouikha. 803-808
• Facilitated endoscopic beating heart coronary bypass grafting using distal anastomotic deviceStephan Jacobs, Friedrich W. Mohr, Volkmar Falk. 809-812
• Three-dimensional electrophysiological and morphological computer models for individualisation of antiarrhythmic cardiac surgeryG. Reinerth, Matthias Reumann, Gunnar Seemann, Nalan Kayhan, Jörg Albers, Olaf Dössel, Siegfried Hagl, Christian-Friedrich Vahl. 813-818
• The usability of CAS systems: an Internet-based surveyTing Wu, Andreas Zimolong, Klaus Radermacher. 819-823
• Analysing reliability of surgical planning and navigation systemsKlaus Radermacher, Andreas Zimolong, Martin Stockheim, Günther Rau. 824-829
• Workflow analysis for mechatronic and imaging assistance in head surgeryHeinz U. Lemke, Christos Trantakis, Kai Köchy, A. Müller, Gero Strauß, Jürgen Meixensberger. 830-835
• Endoscopic surgeries of the ventricular system - presurgical planning, image transmission and virtual realityZdenìk Novák, Petr Krupa, Jan Chrastina, I. Riha. 836-841
• Improvement of the ergonomic situation in the integrated operating room for laparoscopic operationsA. Wichert, P. Marcos-Suarez, A. Vereczkei, T. Seitz, H. Bubb, Hubertus Feussner. 842-846
• OR2020 workshop overview: operating room of the futureKevin Cleary, Ho Young Chung, Seong K. Mun. 847-852
• Computer-aided detection for mammography: improved algorithm performance with operator determined points characterized by new metricsXiaolan Zeng, Sarah Medeiros, Susan A. Wood, Sandra Stapleton, Jimmy Roehrig, Kathryn O Shaughnessy, Ronald A. Castellino. 855-860
• Software architecture for a CAD serverPatrick Heffernan, Heidi Zhang. 861-866
• Novel method for detecting mammographic architectural distortion based on concentration of mammary glandTomoko Matsubara, Tetsuko Ichikawa, Takeshi Hara, Hiroshi Fujita, Satoshi Kasai, Tokiko Endo, Takuji Iwase. 867-871
• Sample size and validation issues on the development of CAD systemsHeang-Ping Chan, Berkman Sahiner, Lubomir M. Hadjiiski. 872-877
• Computerized texture analysis of mammographic parenchymal patterns of digitized mammogramsHui Li, Maryellen L. Giger, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Anna Margolis, Li Lan, Ioana Bonta. 878-881
• Automated contour extraction of mammographic mass shadow using an improved active contour modelToshiaki Nakagawa, Takeshi Hara, Hiroshi Fujita, Takuji Iwase, Tokiko Endo, Katsuhei Horita. 882-885
• Comparison of two methods of adding jitter to artificial neural network trainingR. M. Zur, Y. Jiang, Charles E. Metz. 886-889
• Computer simulation of mammographic imaging for applications in CADYinghui Zhang, Robert M. Nishikawa. 890-895
• Lung nodules and beyond: approaches, challenges and opportunities in thoracic CADMichael F. McNitt-Gray. 896-901
• Computer-aided diagnosis: impact on nodule detection among community level radiologists. A multi-reader studyDavid P. Naidich, Jane P. Ko, Jonathan Stoeckel, Nicole Abinanti, Stanley Lu, Daniel Moses, William Moore, Ioannis Vlahos, Carol L. Novak. 902-907
• Computer-aided detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) on chest radiographyMatthew T. Freedman, Shih-Chung Ben Lo, Fleming Lure, Hui Zhao, Jyh-Shyan Lin, Michael Yeh. 908-910
• Computer-aided diagnosis for distinction between benign and malignant pulmonary nodules on chest radiographs using temporal subtraction imagesN. Oda, Shoji Kido, S. Yamada, T. Aoki, H. Watanabe, Yukunori Korogi, Shigehiko Katsuragawa, Kunio Doi. 911-916
• Registration method for interval change detection between two chest X-ray images with different rotation anglesAkinobu Shimizu, Yoshie Matsuo, Hidefumi Kobatake. 917-922
• Characteristics of a massive training artificial neural network in the distinction between lung nodules and vessels in CT imagesKenji Suzuki, Kunio Doi. 923-928
• Selective enhancement filters for lung nodules, intracranial aneurysms, and breast microcalcificationsQiang Li, Hidetaka Arimura, Kunio Doi. 929-934
• Evaluation of computer-aided detection performance using mathematically simulated lung nodulesPhilippe Raffy, Catalin I. Fetita, Catherine Beigelman-Aubry, Françoise J. Prêteux, Susan A. Wood, Philippe Grenier. 935-940
• Automatic matching of the pulmonary nodules in current and former CT studies: a clinical evaluationEkta Shah, Thomas Blaffert, Krishna Subramanyan, Jacob Durgan, Scott Pohlman. 941-945
• Usefulness of computerized scheme for differentiating benign from malignant lung nodules on high-resolution CTFeng Li, Qiang Li, Masahito Aoyama, Junji Shiraishi, Hiroyuki Abe, Kenji Suzuki, Roger Engelmann, Shusuke Sone, Heber MacMahon, Kunio Doi. 946-951
• Computer-aided lung nodule diagnosis using a simple classifierSumit Shah, Michael F. McNitt-Gray, Sarah Rogers, Jonathan G. Goldin, Denise R. Aberle, Robert D. Suh, Kheshini DeZoysa, Matthew S. Brown. 952-955
• Comparison of computer-aided calculation of emphysema volumetry with manual quantification using CT imagesEkta Shah, Robert Gilkeson, Krishna Subramanyan, Les Ciancibello, Jacob Durgan, Scott Pohlman. 956-960
• Power spectral analysis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias in high resolution CT imagesRie Tachibana, Shoji Kido, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Tsuneo Matsumoto. 961-966
• Automated assessment of bronchial lumen, wall thickness and bronchoarterial diameter ratio of the tracheobronchial tree using high-resolution CTRafael Wiemker, Thomas Blaffert, Thomas Bülow, Steffen Renisch, Cristian Lorenz. 967-972
• CAD for CT colonography: current status and futureHiroyuki Yoshida, Abraham H. Dachman. 973-977
• CAD for polyp detection: an invaluable tool to meet the increasing need for colon-cancer screeningPascal Cathier, Senthil Periaswamy, Anna K. Jerebko, Murat Dundar, J. Liang, Glenn Fung, Jonathan Stoeckel, T. Venkata, R. Amara, Arun Krishnan, R. Bharat Rao, Alok Gupta, E. Vega, Shaked Laks, A. Megibow, Michael Macari, Luca Bogoni. 978-982
• A fast method for colon polyp detection in high-resolution CT dataAtilla P. Kiraly, Shaked Laks, Michael Macari, Bernhard Geiger, Luca Bogoni, Carol L. Novak. 983-988
• Evaluation of the effect of CAD on observers performance in detection of polyps in CT colonographyA. Okamura, Abraham H. Dachman, N. Parsad, Janne Näppi, Hiroyuki Yoshida. 989-992
• Region-based supine-prone correspondence for reduction of false positives in CAD of CT colonographyJanne Näppi, Hans Frimmel, A. Okamura, Abraham H. Dachman, Hiroyuki Yoshida. 993-998
• Analysis of kernel method for surface curvature estimationShannon R. Campbell, Ronald M. Summers. 999-1003
• Colonic polyp characterization and detection based on both morphological and texture featuresZigang Wang, Lihong Li 0002, Joseph Anderson, Donald Harrington, Zhengrong Liang. 1004-1009
• A methodology for training and validating a CAD system and potential pitfallsMurat Dundar, Glenn Fung, Luca Bogoni, Michael Macari, A. Megibow, R. Bharat Rao. 1010-1014
• Development of CAD scheme for automated detection of intracranial aneurysms in magnetic resonance angiographyHidetaka Arimura, Qiang Li, Yukunori Korogi, Toshinori Hirai, Hiroyuki Abe, Yasuyuki Yamashita, Shigehiko Katsuragawa, Ryuji Ikeda, Kunio Doi. 1015-1020
• Improving a Bayesian network s ability to predict the probability of malignancy of microcalcifications on mammographyElizabeth S. Burnside, Daniel L. Rubin, Ross D. Shachter. 1021-1026
• The effects of training parameters on learning a probabilistic expert system for mammographyYue Pan, Elizabeth S. Burnside. 1027-1032
• Quantification of coronary hemodynamics and plaque morphology using X-ray angiography and intravascular ultrasoundAndreas Wahle. 1035-1039
• A new calibration approach for quantification application in the cathlabRégis Vaillant, Laurence Gavit-Houdant, Jean Liénard. 1040-1044
• Segmentation of intravascular ultrasound images: a machine learning approach mimicking human visionMark E. Olszewski, Andreas Wahle, Steven C. Mitchell, Milan Sonka. 1045-1049
• Automatic gating window selection for gated three-dimensional coronary X-ray angiographyVolker Rasche, Babak Movassaghi, Michael Grass. 1050-1054
• Motion compensation for interventional navigation on 3D static roadmaps based on a dynamic motion modelHolger Timinger, Sascha Krüger, Klaus Dietmayer, Jörn Borgert. 1055-1060
• A linear programming framework for blood flow reconstruction in cerebral vessel treesHolger Schmitt, Michael Grass, Thomas Köhler, R. Suurmond, Volker Rasche, S. Hähnel, S. Heiland. 1061-1066
• Semi-automatic surface detection for quantification of left ventricular volumes and mass by real-time three-dimensional echocardiographyEnrico G. Caiani, Cristiana Corsi, Lissa Sugeng, Lynn Weinert, Roberto Battani, Victor Mor-Avi, Roberto M. Lang. 1067-1071
• 3D Stress echocardiography: development of novel visualization, registration and segmentation algorithmsRaj Shekhar, Vladimir Zagrodsky, Vivek Walimbe. 1072-1077
• A semi-automatic endocardial border detection method for the left ventricle in 4D ultrasound data setsMarijn van Stralen, Johan G. Bosch, Marco M. Voormolen, Gerard van Burken, Boudewijn J. Krenning, Charles T. Lancée, Nico de Jong, Johan H. C. Reiber. 1078-1083
• Real-time three-dimensional digital Doppler method based on Gaussian control surface for measurement of flow volumesHonghai Zhang, Liping Bu, Alan Stolpen, Milan Sonka, Shuping Ge. 1084-1089
• Assessment of the rupture risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms by patient-specific hemodynamic modeling - initial resultsMarcel Breeuwer, U. Götte, R. Hoogeveen, B. J. B. M. Wolters, S. de Putter, H. v. d. Bosch, J. Buth, Jean-Michel Rouet, F. Laffargue. 1090-1095
• AHA conform visualization of conventionally acquired cardiac CT data using the toolkits itk and vtkStefan Wesarg, Mathias Seitel, Evelyn Firle, Christian Dold. 1096-1101
• Computer-assisted electrode positioning in biventricular pacingMatthias Reumann, G. Reinerth, Gunnar Seemann, Christian-Friedrich Vahl, Siegfried Hagl, Olaf Dössel. 1102-1107
• Modeling of the geometric variation and analysis of the right atrium and right ventricle motion of the human heart using PCARoland Pilgram, Karl D. Fritscher, Rainer Schubert. 1108-1113
• Computerized quantification of left ventricular volumes on cardiac magnetic resonance images by level set methodCristiana Corsi, Claudio Lamberti, Roberto Battani, A. Maggioni, G. Discenza, P. MacEneaney, Victor Mor-Avi, Roberto M. Lang, Enrico G. Caiani. 1114-1119
• Automated left ventricular cardiac MRI segmentation, quantification and visualization using a radial-ray approachC. Prest, R. Phillips, N. Nikitin, C. M. Langton, J. G. Cleland. 1120-1125
• Automatic cardiac region-of-interest computation in cine 3D structural MRIChris A. Cocosco, Thomas Netsch, Julien Sénégas, Daniel Bystrov, Wiro J. Niessen, Max A. Viergever. 1126-1131
• Atrial and ventricular activation time imagingFriedrich Hanser, Bernhard Pfeifer, Robert Modre, Gerald Fischer, Michael Seger, Christoph Hintermüller, Bernhard Tilg, Florian Hintringer, Franz Xaver Roithinger. 1132-1137
• Analysis of left-ventricular pathological flow via phase-contrast magnetic resonance imagingRoland Unterhinninghofen, Thomas Stehle, Jörg Albers, Waldemar Hosch, Christian-Friedrich Vahl, Rüdiger Dillmann. 1138-1143
• Dose exposition from intra- and extraoral dental radiographyJ. Th. Lambrecht, J. Roth, H. P. Kiefer. 1147-1151
• The sixth generation: introduction of two new high fill factor complementary metal oxide semiconductor (or SuperCMOS) intraoral X-ray detectorsJean-Marc Inglese, Taeko T. Farman, Allan G. Farman. 1152-1156
• Automatic noise robust registration of dental radiographs for implants using strategic local correlationWon-Jin Yi, Min-Suk Heo, Sam-Sun Lee, Soon-Chul Choi, Sun-Bok Lee. 1157-1161
• Evaluation of scanning parameters for a surface colour laser scannerS. D. Bianchi, M. C. Spada, L. Bianchi, L. Verzè, E. Vezzetti, S. Tornincasa, G. Ramieri. 1162-1167
• Dentition planning for image-guided implantologyFerenc Pongrácz, Zoltán Bárdosi, László Szabó. 1168-1173
• Standardization of image exchange for dentistry using DICOMHerman Oosterwijk, Allan G. Farman, Paul Gihring. 1174-1178
• Diagnostic possibilities of cone-beam computed tomography in the facial skeletonDirk Schulze, Max Heiland, Rainer Schmelzle, Uwe J. Rother. 1179-1183
• Implant imaging with the I-CAT® cone-beam CT-a progress reportSharon Brooks, R. C. Beason, D. Sarment, Predrag Sukovic. 1184-1186
• Annual report of limited cone beam computed tomography (3D Accu-I-Tomo) from 3000 cases at Nihon University dental hospital in 2003Koji Shinoda, Kazuya Honda, Kunihito Matsumoto, Yoshinori Arai. 1187-1191
• Image-to-patient-registration by the natural anatomical surfaces of the auricle, mandible, and maxillaRüdiger Marmulla, Joachim Mühling, Tim Lüth, Georg Eggers, Stefan Haßfeld. 1192-1197
• Accuracy of a new concept for image-guided dental implantologyG. Widmann, R. Widmann, E. Widmann, Werner Jaschke, Reto J. Bale. 1198-1202
• 3D Computed-assisted surgery in orthodontic treatment of impacted canines in palatal positionD. Bossard, N. Dubos, F. Trunde, A. Huet, Jean Loup Coudert. 1203-1208
• A new concept of image guided template production reducing costs and effortG. Widmann, R. Widmann, E. Widmann, Werner Jaschke, Reto J. Bale. 1209-1214
• Interpretation of craniofacial fractures using multislice CT: establishing a protocolMarcelo G. P. Cavalcanti, J. Panella, D. T. Santos, Michael W. Vannier, A. P. A. Costa e Silva. 1215-1219
• A new metric for drill location for Navigated Control in navigated dental implantologyKirill Koulechov, Tim Lüth. 1220-1225
• Realistic haptic interaction for computer simulation of dental surgeryMax Heiland, Andreas Petersik, Bernhard Pflesser, Ulf Tiede, Rainer Schmelzle, Karl Heinz Höhne, Heinz Handels. 1226-1229
• RadList - find radiology on the netS. Alibek, H. Greess, W. Bautz, M. Grunewald. 1233
• Three-dimensional stereoscopic abdominal CT angiography as an educational tool for medical studentsTetsuya Yamagishi, Kimihiko Abe, Karl Heinz Höhne. 1234
• Beam placement for robotic radiosurgeryAlexander Schlaefer, Peter Kneschaurek, Achim Schweikard. 1235
• Volumetric reconstruction: matching and merging in dicom dataKevin Robinson, Ovidiu Ghita, Paul F. Whelan. 1236
• A modular registration platform for multimodal image matching using ITK - first clinical application: localizing epileptogenic fociHelmut Kopf, Julian Mattes, Reto J. Bale, E. Donnemiller, E. Trinka, Rainer Schubert. 1237
• Effects of the threshold function form for wavelet noise reduction with generalized cross-validation methodHideaki Kubota, Nobuyoshi Tanki, Takafumi Nanjo, Kazunori Kawakami, Youichi Yamazaki, Kenya Murase. 1238
• 4D analysis of skeletal and muscular system during locomotion using dynamic spatial video camera systemNaoki Suzuki, Asaki Hattori, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Yoshito Otake, Shigeyuki Suzuki, Susumu Kobayashi. 1239
• Visualization of the inner structure of craniofacial (hard and soft) tissue based on MRICornelia Kober, Robert Sader, Hans-Florian Zeilhofer. 1240
• Ultrasound to MR/CT registration system for use in conformal radiotherapy of prostatic carcinomaNacim Betrouni, Georges Palos, Maximilien Vermandel, David Pasquier, Salah Maouche, Jean Rousseau. 1241
• Quantitative in vivo analysis of fragmented joint cartilage from MR image dataMarkus Siebert, Alexander Jovanovic, Felix Eckstein, Heiko Graichen, Karl-Hans Englmeier. 1242
• Multimodal image registration using optical flow techniqueGeorges Palos, Nacim Betrouni, Maximilien Vermandel, David Pasquier, Vincent Devlaminck, Jean Rousseau. 1243
• Combined registration of 3D tibia and femur implant models in 3D magnetic resonance imagesAlexander Jovanovic, Markus Siebert, Rüdiger von Eisenhart-Rothe, Heiko Graichen, Karl-Hans Englmeier. 1244
• Automatic delineation of osseous interface in ultrasound images by data fusionVincent Daanen, Jerome Tonetti, C. Marescaux, Jocelyne Troccaz. 1245
• Functional mapping of the cortex - surface based visualizations of functional MRIR. Krishnan, E. Hattingen, A. Raabe, M. Zimmermann, V. Seifert. 1246
• OsiriX: a new generation of multidimensional DICOM viewer based on new imaging standardsAntoine Rosset, Luca Spadola, Osman Ratib. 1247
• The validation of a prostate segmentation algorithm for 2D ultrasound imagesPurang Abolmaesumi, Mohammad Reza Sirouspour. 1248
• A real-time image detection method applied in image matching process to assist the endovascular prothesis positioningYéhia Lahfi, Jacques Lemoine, Frank Boudghene-Stambouli. 1249
• High-resolution volume imaging on conventional interventional C-arm X-ray systemsVolker Rasche, C. Graeff, T. Istel, Rainer Koppe, B. Schreiber. 1250
• Sequential dual-energy subtraction imaging technique using a dynamic flat-panel detector during respirationRie Tanaka, Shigeru Sanada, Takeshi Kobayashi, Masayuki Suzuki, Takeshi Matsui, H. Inoue, N. Hayashi, Y. Nanbu. 1251
• Flat panel detector yields improved measurement accuracyC. McGee, H. L. Folander. 1252
• Creation of three-dimensional data from bi-plane head X-rays for maxillofacial studiesJ. M. Palomo, K. Subramanyan, M. G. Hans. 1253
• A novel intensity-based approach of a quantitative vessel volume analysis for 3D MRAKirsten Meetz, Stewart Young, Thomas Netsch, Arianne van Muiswinkel. 1254
• Attenuation correction in hybrid PET using X-ray computed tomographyM. Uegaki, K. Fujino, Kenya Murase, T. Kamiya, Y. Nakamura, Yusuke Uenishi, Makoto Nagayoshi, Minoru Kawamata, Youichi Yamazaki, Naohiko Oku, Jun Hatazawa. 1255
• Improved image co-registration technique based on mutual information: application to pre- and post-operative brain SPECTT. Yokoi, T. Soma, A. Takaki, K. Yoshioka, H. Shinohara. 1256
• Evaluation of the volume in peritumoral hypoperfusion area surrounding brain tumor using three-dimensional 123I-IMP SPECTNobuo Sugo, Kyousuke Yokota, Naoyuki Harada, Yoshinori Aoki, Toshiyuki Kano, Chikao Miyazaki, Takashi Ohtsuka, Hitoshi Ohishi, K. Tachiki, Y. Seiki. 1257
• Early dynamic thallium-201 SPECT in evaluation of gliomaNobuo Sugo, Kyousuke Yokota, Naoyuki Harada, Yoshinori Aoki, Toshiyuki Kano, Chikao Miyazaki, Takashi Ohtsuka, Hitoshi Ohishi, K. Tachiki, Y. Seiki. 1258
• The integrated three-dimensional image of SPECT and MRI in malignant gliomaNobuo Sugo, Kyousuke Yokota, Naoyuki Harada, Yoshinori Aoki, Toshiyuki Kano, Chikao Miyazaki, Takashi Ohtsuka, Hitoshi Ohishi, K. Tachiki, Y. Seiki. 1259
• Difference of TlCl accumulation in glioblastoma and meningioma using the integrated three-dimensional imagesK. Yokota, Nobuo Sugo, Naoyuki Harada, Takashi Otuka, Hitoshi Oishi, Y. Seiki. 1260
• Improved camera-tracking method by combining motion prediction and image registration for bronchoscope navigation systemKensaku Mori, Tsutomu Enjouji, Daisuke Deguchi, Takayuki Kitasaka, Yasuhito Suenaga, Jun-ichiro Toriwaki, Hiroshi Natori, Hirotsugu Takabatake. 1261
• A haptics-based ultrasound examination training systemPurang Abolmaesumi, K. Hashtrudi-Zaad, D. Thompson. 1262
• An efficient method of generating functional images of kinetic parameters using T1-weighted dynamic contrast-enhanced MRIKenya Murase, S. Miyazaki, Y. Yamashita, Youichi Yamazaki, Yoshifumi Sugawara. 1263
• Ergonomic and functional design of digital radiology department and clinical environmentCarlos Amato, Osman Ratib, D. Ric McGill, Joe Balbona, J. Michael McCoy. 1264
• Why is blue tinted backlight better?Laurence Paget, Reinhard Bräuer, Walter Kupper, George Scott. 1265
• A study of an observation system of CT images on an HMD with utilizing eye-gaze interfaceYoshio Yanagihara, Hiromitsu Hama. 1266
• The impact of design on the implementation of medical imaging information systemsJosé Manuel Vázquez-Naya, A. F. Castro Blanco, Javier Pereira Loureiro, Juan Luis Pérez Ordóñez, Jorge Teijeiro Vidal, Alejandro Pazos. 1267
• Integrated testing and evaluating environment for quality assurance of digitization processes of mammogramsMarion Wirschins, Thomas Trentmann, Hans-Peter Hellemann, Peter Jensch. 1268
• Impact of 3D CT data on PACS resourcesM. J. Shin, H. J. Cho, J. S. Lim, G. S. Eo, S. G. Lim, I. S. Shoi. 1269
• Secure web PACS using government-licensed certificateJ. M. Park, S. W. Choi, S.-C. Park, B. W. Yoon. 1270
• Evaluation of PACS installations in the UKJonathan E. Turner, Alan R. McBride, Annelise Wilken, Dewinder S. Bhachu. 1271
• Extended PACS: digital imaging and integration with PACS on pathologyWon-Gu Yi, Myung Jin Shin, Seung Gyun Lim. 1272
• Transition to filmless radiology in Oulu University HospitalSanna Rasila, Esa Liukkonen. 1273
• An authoring system for computer-assisted structured radiology reportingJ. Algarra-Garcia, F. Sendra-Portero, N. Alegre-Bayo, E. Nava-Baro. 1274
• 3D reconstruction of the rib cage from biplanar X-raysSébastien Laporte, Wafa Skalli, B. Aubert, S. Bertrand, David Mitton. 1275
• Empirical discrepancy measures for the evaluation of segmentation resultsTobias Heimann, Matthias Thorn, Tobias Kunert, Hans-Peter Meinzer. 1276
• Automated breast biopsy restraint detectionR. T. Kneusel, S. Maydew, M. M. Tesic, M. R. Meiler. 1279
• Functional neuronavigation - risk grading for surgery in close proximity to eloquent motor cortexR. Krishnan, E. Hattingen, A. Szelényi, E. Hermann, H. Yahya, A. Raabe, M. Zimmermann, V. Seifert. 1280
• Detection of brain shift in functional neurosurgery by deformation field analysisDirk Winkler, Marc Tittgemeyer, Johannes Schwarz, Gero Strauß, Dirk Lindner, Jürgen Meixensberger. 1281
• Passive manipulator for neurosurgeryHaruna Okayasu, Masakatsu G. Fujie, Hiroshi Iseki. 1282
• Co-registration of FLAIR- and T1-weighted MRI for image guided extended lesionectomy in epilepsy surgeryMehran Mahvash, Roy König, Horst Urbach, Joachim von Oertzen, Bernhard Meyer, Carlo Schaller. 1283
• Intraoperative segmentation of brain tumors for open MRI guided glioma surgeryTakashi Inomata, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Hiroshi Iseki, Takeyoshi Dohi, Nobuhiko Hata. 1284
• Automatic registration of intraoperative MRI for surgical navigation - a phantom studyArya Nabavi, Tobias Schaeffter, A. Schmittgen, Stephan Wolff, R. Werner, M. Pinsker, H. M. Mehdorn. 1285
• Radiofrequency thermal ablation for extracranially extended meningiomaAmami Kato, Yasumichi Fujimoto, Naoya Hashimoto, Toshiki Yoshimine. 1286
• Development of coordinate system of stereotactic neurosurgical device for intraoperative MRIHiroki Taniguchi, Hiroshi Iseki, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Kintomo Takakura. 1287
• Quantitative comparison between the heads-up-display and common monitor in endoscopic neurosurgeryQinghang Li, Enrico Marchese, Abhilash Pandya, Lucia Zamorano. 1288
• Proton magnetic resonance imaging combined with frameless stereotaxy in glioma surgeryOliver Ganslandt, Christopher Nimsky, Rudolf Fahlbusch, E. Moser, A. Stadlbauer. 1289
• Efficacy of 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced fluorescence detection in malignant glioma surgeryTakashi Maruyama, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Masahiko Tanaka, Hiroshi Iseki, Ichiro Sakuma, Tomokatsu Hori, Kintomo Takakura. 1290
• Three-dimensional bone shape reconstruction from X-ray images using hierarchical free-form deformation and nonlinear optimizationMurat Gunay, Kenji Shimada. 1291
• Relative optical density image analysis of digitized radiograms for tibial fracture healing monitoringW. Glinkowski, M. Kornacki, M. Ambroziak, A. Górecki. 1292
• Assessment of femoral neck-shaft angle using computer assisted orthopaedic surgical systemSabur Malek, Roger Phillips, Amr Mohsen, Mike Bielby. 1293
• Scoliosis detection based on difference of apexes position and angle on Moiré topographic imagesHyoungseop Kim, Hideki Ushijima, Seiji Ishikawa, Yoshinori Otsuka, Hisashi Shimizu, Takashi Shinomiya, Max A. Viergever. 1294
• Measurements of shoulder prosthesis positioningS. Abrassart, C. Barea, Pierre Hoffmeyer. 1295
• Assessment of a new digital templating system in preoperative planning for total hip arthroplastyKi Bong Chong, Sang Wook Cho, Seung-Wook Choi, Seung-Chul Park, Ye Yeon Won. 1296
• A fluoroscopy-based system for three-dimensional kinematic analysis of artificial knee implants and clinical applicationTakaharu Yamazaki, Tetsu Watanabe, Yoshikazu Nakajima, Kazuomi Sugamoto, Tetsuya Tomita, Yoshinobu Sato, Hideki Yoshikawa, Shinichi Tamura. 1297
• Measurement of acetabular cup orientation in total hip arthroplasty using a volume registration techniqueW. Yamanashi, Nobuhiko Sugano, Y. Watanabe, Yoshinobu Sato, Takashi Nishii, Hidenobu Miki, Hideki Yoshikawa. 1298
• Host bone coverage requirements for press-fit acetabular cup fixation. 3D-CT analysisMasaki Takao, Nobuhiko Sugano, Takashi Nishii, Hidenobu Miki, Tsuyoshi Koyama, Hideki Yoshikawa. 1299
• MRI-based surgical simulation of the transtrochanteric rotational osteotomy for femoral head osteonecrosisTsuyoshi Koyama, Nobuhiko Sugano, Takashi Nishii, Hidenobu Miki, Yoshinobu Sato, Hideki Yoshikawa, Shinichi Tamura, Takahiro Ochi. 1300
• Surgical segmentation for preoperative planning for preoperative planning in paranasal sinus surgeryIlka Hertel, Gero Strauß, Dörte Apelt, Bernhard Preim. 1301
• Sectional anatomic study on otorhinolaryngology structuresYongxiang Wei, Yin Xia, Demin Han, Xiping Li, Shunjiu Cui, Erzhong Fan. 1302
• Study on digitised otorhinolaryngology anatomyYin Xia, Yongxiang Wei, Demin Han, Xiping Li, Xiaobin Zhang, Erzhong Fan. 1303
• Numerical simulation of airflow and temperature during inspiration in a nose model with septal perforationD. Pless, T. Keck, K. M. Wiesmiller, R. Lamche, A. J. Aschoff, J. Lindemann. 1304
• Semi-automated fiducial marker registration reduces target registration errorGeorg Eggers, J. Kozak, Sascha Däuber, O. Deppe, Werner Korb, Thomas Welzel, Stefan Haßfeld. 1305
• Generating normative data of the cranium using spherical harmonicsAnnika Straulino, Sascha Däuber, Georg Eggers, Jörg Raczkowsky, Stefan Haßfeld, Heinz Wörn. 1306
• Supporting minimal invasive interventions with augmented realityBernd Schwald, Helmut Seibert, Michael Schnaider, Stefan Wesarg. 1307
• Vascular image registration for intra-operative 3D ultrasound annotationJulien Jomier, Sue Weeks, Stephen R. Aylward. 1308
• Electromagnetically tracked guidewires for interventional proceduresBradford J. Wood, David Lindisch, Sohan Ranjan, Neil D. Glossop, Kevin Cleary. 1309
• Evaluating intraoperative rigid-body registration with the AWIGS systemHayo Knoop, Jörg Raczkowsky, Ulrich Wyslucha, Thomas Fiegele, Heinz Wörn. 1310
• Image-guided surgical microscope with mounted mini-trackerJaime Garcia, Puja Malik, Jubei Liu, Jens Kowal, Gaëtan Marti, Ion Pappas, Marco Caversaccio. 1311
• Integration of short-distance radiological images, angiography and multimodal image fusion in a stereotaxic software environment for biopsy interventionJamal Atif, Angel Osorio, Bertrand Devaux, François-Xavier Roux. 1312
• Augmented reality based on auto-stereoscopic display for computer-aided surgeryEduardo Carrasco, Iván Macía, Rubén Gómez, Iñigo Barandiarán, Céline Paloc, Georgios Sakas. 1313
• Sixty endoscopic procedures assisted by remote-controlled laparoscope manipulator system, Naviot:::®:::, for endoscopic surgeryT. Yasunaga, Makoto Hashizume, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Etsuko Kobayashi, Kazuo Tanoue, Kozo Konishi, Satoshi Ieiri, Y. Kuga, H. Kawanaka, Morimasa Tomikawa. 1314
• New human-machine interface design of a robotic laparoscope positioner using a face-mounted displayAtsushi Nishikawa, Ryo Fujita, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Takahiro Yohda, Takahiro Nakayama, Fumio Miyazaki, Mitsugu Sekimoto, Masayoshi Yasui, Shuji Takiguchi, Morito Monden. 1315
• Segmentation of liver tumors using the Insight Segmentation and Registration ToolkitSohan Ranjan, Luis Ibáñez, Bradford J. Wood, Elliot Levy, David Lindisch, Kevin Cleary. 1316
• Relevance of computerized CT-based 3D visualization in living-related liver transplantationJ. Harms, Holger Bourquain, T. H. Kahn, Heinz-Otto Peitgen, J. Hauss, J. Fangmann. 1317
• Quasi-real time feedback control system for liver thermal ablations based upon MR temperature imagingBilgin Keserci, D. Asami, K. Kuroda, D. Kokuryo, E. Kumamoto. 1318
• Reverse design of individual craniofacial implants using an FE-based modeling approachEvgeny Gladilin, Alexander Ivanov, Vitaly Roguynsky. 1319
• Computerbased preoperative assessment of the manual registration reliability of CT-image based individual templatesFrank Portheine, E. Schkommodau, Klaus Radermacher. 1320
• Accuracy of the transfer of a preoperative plan from stereolithographic skull models to the patientKurt Schicho, Rolf Ewers, Arne Wagner, Rudolf Seemann, Michael Figl, Julia Fruehwald, Clemens Klug. 1321
• Percutaneous nephrolithotomies improvement using a new augmented reality system integrated into operating roomsAngel Osorio, Olivier Traxer, Jamal Atif, Xavier Ripoche, Mohamed Tligui, Bernard Gattegno. 1322
• Economic and scientific basis for an MR-OR environmentH. M. Mehdorn, M. Pinsker, Arya Nabavi. 1323
• Changes in ventricular volume and reconfiguration in obstructive hydrocephalus after endoscopic third ventriculostomyDirk Lindner, Christos Trantakis, Christoph Preul, Marc Tittgemeyer, Jürgen Meixensberger. 1324
• Needle steering for 3D TRUS-guided robot-aided brachytherapyGang Wan, ZhouPing Wei, Lori Gardi, Dónal B. Downey, Aaron Fenster. 1325
• 3D real-time interactive needle insertion simulation: soft tissue deformable modeling and sensitivity analysisXiaogang Wang, Mark P. Wachowiak, Dónal B. Downey, Terry M. Peters, Aaron Fenster. 1326
• Pulsed holography for 3D capturing of soft tissue surfacesK. Schwenzer, C. Holberg, L. Kovacs, P. Hering, Robert Sader, Hans-Florian Zeilhofer. 1327
• Surface-based image-to-patient registration using a hand-guided laser-range scanner systemWerner Korb, Tim Bodenmüller, Georg Eggers, Tobias Ortmaier, Marc Schneberger, Michael Suppa, J. Wiechnik, Rüdiger Marmulla, Stefan Haßfeld. 1328
• Accuracy evaluation of an augmented reality enhanced surgical navigation systemC. G. Zhu, X. H. Liang, Ralf A. Kockro, Luis Serra. 1329
• An on-line conference system for exchange in 3D graphics and utilizing screen sharing technologyTomoki Itamiya, Toshimune Yoshimizu, Masahiro Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Hiroaki Chiyokura. 1330
• Automatic cluster detection of lumber spine 3D CT imagesH. Y. Kang, S.-H. Yoo, K.-Y. Choi, J.-H. Jeong. 1331
• Movement of vertebra during spine surgeryJong-Il Park, Kayeol Choi, Byungju Yi, Youngsoo Kim. 1332
• A handheld surgical manipulator: ITD?design and first resultsPeter Pott, Achim Wagner, Andreas Köpfle, Essameddin Badreddin, Reinhard Männer, P. Weiser, Hanns-Peter Scharf, M. L. R. Schwarz. 1333
• Si-micromachined 2D force sensor for a laparoscopic instrumentFrédérick Van Meer, Daniel Estève, Alain Giraud, Anne Marie Gué. 1334
• Physical property of liver for robot-assisted needle insertionYo Kobayashi, Jun Okamoto, Masakatsu G. Fujie. 1335
• An interactive planning system for optimal trocar site placement of surgical robot da VinciMitsuhiro Hayashibe, Naoki Suzuki, Makoto Hashizume, Asaki Hattori, Shigeyuki Suzuki, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Kozo Konishi. 1336
• Robot-assisted milling of complex trajectoriesHayo Knoop, Jörg Raczkowsky, H. Peters, Werner Korb, Michael Wehmöller, Stephan Weihe, Dirk Engel, Stefan Haßfeld, Heinz Wörn. 1337
• Development of forceps manipulator for assisting laparoscopic surgeryTakashi Suzuki, Eisuke Aoki, Etsuko Kobayashi, Takayuki Tsuji, Kozo Konishi, Makoto Hashizume, Ichiro Sakuma. 1338
• Evaluation of the training system CathI for minimal invasive vascular interventions on the example of PTCAsJ. Coburger, W. Voelker, B. Holbach, J. Nziki, Jürgen Hesser. 1339
• Virtual humans in a virtual hospital simulation of diagnostic and therapeutic processesJ. Wilhelmy, Steffen Märkle. 1340
• Combined use of surgical navigation and RP generated anatomical models for training and surgical rehearsalStephen M. Humphries. 1341
• The application of ergonomic principles to surgical simulationA. Thinnes, Kiyoyuki Chinzei, Michel A. Audette. 1342
• Virtual reality as a training tool for plastic surgeonsTimm P. Wolter, Lenka Jerábková, B. Dickmeis, Torsten Kuhlen, Norbert Pallua. 1343
• First clinical experiences with a LAN-based telepresence systemAlfred Schneider, A. Wichert, D. Wilhelm, U. Bohn, Hubertus Feussner. 1344
• Supporting operation planning by workflowsOliver Schorr, Jörg Raczkowsky, Heinz Wörn. 1345
• Automatic detection of malignant tumors in mammography using fractal analysisVolkan Öktem, Ismail Jouny. 1349
• A method for edge restoration and breast region segmentation in noisy mammogramsSérgio Koodi Kinoshita, Paulo Mazzoncini de Azevedo Marques. 1350
• Usefulness of three-dimensional fractal analysis for breast cancer detection in computer-aided diagnosis of mammogramsKenya Murase, Nobuyoshi Tanki, Hideaki Kubota, Youichi Yamazaki, M. Nagao. 1351
• Computerized detection of mammographic masses in digital breast tomosynthesis images using radial gradient index filteringIngrid S. Reiser, Robert M. Nishikawa, Maryellen L. Giger, Elizabeth A. Rafferty, Daniel B. Kopans, Richard Moore, Tao Wu. 1352
• Computerized assessment of tumor extent in contrast-enhanced MR images of the breastWeijie Chen, Maryellen L. Giger, Gillian Newstead, Ulrich Bick, Li Lan. 1353
• Real-time breast cancer diagnosis: the BioLuminate smart probeR. Andrews, L. DaSilva, U. Kasthuri. 1354
• Pulmonary nodule detection from X-ray CT data by a subspace methodYoshihiko Nakamura, Gentaro Fukano, Hotaka Takizawa, Shinji Mizuno, Shinji Yamamoto, Tohru Matsumoto, Yukio Tateno, Takeshi Iinuma. 1355
• Learning-based pulmonary nodule detection from multislice CT dataXiaoguang Lu, Guo-Qing Wei, Jian Zhong Qian, Anil K. Jain. 1356
• Automated identification of thoracic cage region from X-ray CT imagesShinji Kobayashi, Xiangrong Zhou, Takeshi Hara, Hiroshi Fujita, Ryujiro Yokoyama, Takuji Kiryu, Hiroaki Hoshi. 1357
• An improved method for automated anatomical labeling of bronchial branches extracted from 3-D CT imagesSinya Ema, Kensaku Mori, Takayuki Kitasaka, Yoshito Mekada, Hiroshi Murase, Jun-ichi Hasegawa, Jun-ichiro Toriwaki, Masaki Mori, Hirotsugu Takabatake, Hiroshi Natori. 1358
• Recognition of boundary voxels of tumors in chest CT images for extraction of tumor regionsYasushi Hirano, Jun-ichi Hasegawa, Jun-ichiro Toriwaki, Hironobu Ohmatsu, Kenji Eguchi. 1359
• Accurate measurement of lung nodule volume from 3D Computed TomographySaad A. Sirohey, David Mack, Matthieu Ferrant, Kelly Karau. 1360
• Preliminary report of competition for liver region extraction algorithms from three-dimensional CT imagesAkinobu Shimizu, Shigeru Nawano. 1361
• Texture analysis of peripheral bone densitometry images to aid the assessment of risk for fractureMichael R. Chinander, Maryellen L. Giger, Vit Jaros, Tamara J. Vokes, Hui Li. 1362
• Development of an automated method for detecting abnormal blood vessels on retinal imagesYuji Hatanaka, Yusuke Sakakibara, Takeshi Hara, Hiroshi Fujita, Akira Aoyama, Tetsuya Yamamoto. 1363
• Three-dimensional reconstruction and analysis of coronary vessels: the CardiOp-B systemMichael Zarkh, Moshe Klaiman, Hadar Marom. 1367
• Efficient techniques for background estimation and vessel detection in coronary imagesVikas Singh, Kenneth R. Hoffmann, Jinhui Xu. 1368
• Registration of CTA and X-ray images during endovascular stent grafting: validation by using clinical dataHiroshi Imamura, Naozo Sugimoto, Shigeru Eiho, Shin-ichi Urayama, Katsuya Ueno, Kanji Inoue. 1369
• Model-based atrial and ventricular myocardium extractionBernhard Pfeifer, Friedrich Hanser, Christoph Hintermüller, R. Modre-Osprian, Gerald Fischer, Michael Seger, Bernhard Tilg. 1370
• Comparison of 2D and 3D clustering on short-axis magnetic resonance images of the left ventricleMichael Lynch, Ovidiu Ghita, Paul F. Whelan. 1371
• Automatic motion correction for quantification of myocardial perfusion using dynamic magnetic resonance imagingK. Kawakami, Kenya Murase, A. Kawakami, M. Kumashiro, Youichi Yamazaki, T. Tabuchi, M. Nagayama, Y. Watanabe. 1372
• A comparison of 18 different X-ray detectors used in dentistryAllan G. Farman, Taeko T. Farman. 1375
• Alternatives for digital panoramic radiology of the maxillofacial structuresZafrulla Khan, Taeko T. Farman, William Jacobs, Allan G. Farman. 1376
• Indications for the use of solid models for planning of craniomaxillofacial surgery: a 10-year experience at the University of TurinS. D. Bianchi, M. C. Spada, L. Bianchi, A. F. Cemenasco, G. Ramieri. 1377
• Comparison of static and dynamic navigation systems for insertion of dental implantsM. Zinser, J. Neugebauer, R. A. Mischkowski, V. E. Karapedian, A. Kübler, J. E. Zöller. 1378
• Multiplanar reformation of MR-and CT-images for treatment planning in implant dentistryThomas Hübner, Helmut Oswald, Gerhard Schroth. 1379
• 3D Auto-detection of dental arches for dental implantology and oral surgery navigationLixu Gu. 1380
• Geometric errors and uncertainty caused by gantry tilt in 3D reconstructions of CT dataStephen M. Humphries, Andrew M. Christensen. 1381
• 3D modeling and verification of jaw bone reconstruction in an animal modelMichael Wehmöller, I. N. Springer, H. Terheyden, G. Julga, Harald Eufinger, P. H. Warnke. 1382
• Chewing surface modeling technique for computer-generated tooth restorationsDimitrios Golias, Robert Hanne, Achim Schweikard. 1383
• Acoustical navigation of laser interventions in implantologyThorsten M. Buzug, P. Hering, J. Bongartz, M. Ivanenko, U. Hartmann, D. Holz, J. Ruhlmann, Georg Schmitz, G. Wahl, Y. Pohl. 1384
• Fast automatic registration of varying 3D surface data in Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryTobias Maier, Michaela Benz, Nikolaus Schön, Emeka Nkenke, Friedrich Wilhelm Neukam, Gerd Häusler. 1385
• Intraoperative imaging of the facial skeleton using a mobile CBCT systemMax Heiland, Dirk Schulze, Rainer Schmelzle. 1386
• An automatic intervention documentation system for dental navigation systemsDaniel Szymanski, Tim Lüth. 1387