Table of Contents

• The Role of Simulation Fidelity in Laparoscopic Surgical TrainingHyun K. Kim, David W. Rattner, Mandayam A. Srinivasan. 1-8 [doi]
• Simulation Studies for Predicting Surgical Outcomes in Breast Reconstructive SurgeryCeleste Williams, Ioannis A. Kakadiaris, K. Ravi-Chandar, Michael J. Miller, Charles W. Patrick. 9-16 [doi]
• Atlas-Based Recognition of Anatomical Structures and Landmarks to Support the Virtual Three-Dimensional Planning of Hip OperationsJan Ehrhardt, Heinz Handels, Bernd Strathmann, Thomas Malina, Werner Plötz, Siegfried J. Pöppl. 17-24 [doi]
• Pathology Growth Model Based on ParticlesRaimundo Sierra, Michael Bajka, Gábor Székely. 25-32 [doi]
• Needle Steering and Model-Based Trajectory PlanningSimon P. DiMaio, S. E. Salcudean. 33-40 [doi]
• Brain Shift Correction Based on a Boundary Element Biomechanical Model with Different Material PropertiesOlivier Ecabert, Torsten Butz, Arya Nabavi, Jean-Philippe Thiran. 41-49 [doi]
• Mesh Topology Identification for Mass-Spring ModelsGérald Bianchi, Matthias Harders, Gábor Székely. 50-58 [doi]
• A New Biomechanical Model Based Approach on Brain Shift CompensationKeiji Kobashi, Xenophon Papademetris, James S. Duncan. 59-66 [doi]
• Real-Time Synthesis of Bleeding for Virtual HysteroscopyJános Zátonyi, Rupert Paget, Gábor Székely, Michael Bajka. 67-74 [doi]
• A Biomechanical Model of the Liver for Reality-Based Haptic FeedbackTie Hu, Jaydev P. Desai. 75-82 [doi]
• Image-Based Modelling of Soft Tissue DeformationMohamed A. ElHelw, Adrian James Chung, Ara Darzi, Guang-Zhong Yang. 83-90 [doi]
• Individualized Geometric Model from Unorganized 3-D Points: An Application to Thorax ModelingJuha Koikkalainen, Jyrki Lötjönen. 91-98 [doi]
• Highly Accurate CAD Tools for Cranial ImplantsKyoung-June Min, David Dean. 99-107 [doi]
• Medially Based Meshing with Finite Element Analysis of Prostate DeformationJessica R. Crouch, Stephen M. Pizer, Edward L. Chaney, Marco Zaider. 108-115 [doi]
• An Optimal k-Needle Placement Strategy Given an Approximate Initial Needle PositionMarkus Kukuk. 116-123 [doi]
• Automatic Targeting Method and Accuracy Study in Robot Assisted Needle ProceduresAlexandru Patriciu, Dumitru Mazilu, Doru Petrisor, Louis R. Kavoussi, Dan Stoianovici. 124-131 [doi]
• A New Haptic Sensor Actuator System for Virtual Reality Applications in MedicineWalaa Khaled, Stefan Reichling, Otto T. Bruhns, Holger Böse, Mario Baumann, Gareth J. Monkman, Stefan Egersdörfer, Herbert Freimuth, Helmut Ermert. 132-140 [doi]
• Simple Biomanipulation Tasks with Steady Hand Cooperative ManipulatorAnkur Kapoor, Rajesh Kumar, Russell H. Taylor. 141-148 [doi]
• A Transurethral Prostate Resection Manipulator for Minimal Damage to Mucous MembraneRyuji Hashimoto, Daeyoung Kim, Nobuhiko Hata, Takeyoshi Dohi. 149-156 [doi]
• Virtual Remote Center of Motion Control for Needle Placement RobotsEmad Boctor, Robert J. Webster III, Hervé Mathieu, Allison M. Okamura, Gabor Fichtinger. 157-164 [doi]
• Optimum Robot Control for 3D Virtual Fixture in Constrained ENT SurgeryMing Li, Russell H. Taylor. 165-172 [doi]
• Interactive Guidance by Image Overlay in Robot Assisted Coronary Artery BypassFabien Mourgues, Thierry Viéville, Volkmar Falk, Ève Coste-Manière. 173-181 [doi]
• Comparison of Registration Procedures of the Tibia in Robot-Assisted Total Knee ArthroplastyKathleen Denis, Andrea Ranftl, Geert Van Ham, Jos Vander Sloten, Joris De Schutter, Guy Fabry, Johan Bellemans, Remi Van Audekercke, Georges Van der Perre. 182-189 [doi]
• A New Method to Extend Applicable Area of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery by Brain Retract ManipulatorJun Okamoto, Mitsuhisa Iida, Kazuya Nambu, Masakatsu G. Fujie, Mitsuo Umezu, Hiroshi Iseki. 190-197 [doi]
• Evaluating the Role of Vision and Force Feedback in Minimally Invasive Surgery: New Automated Laparoscopic Grasper and A Case StudyGregory Tholey, Jaydev P. Desai, Andres E. Castellanos. 198-205 [doi]
• Characterization of Intra-abdominal Tissues from in vivo Animal Experiments for Surgical SimulationJung Kim, Boon K. Tay, Nicholas Stylopoulos, David W. Rattner, Mandayam A. Srinivasan. 206-213 [doi]
• Measurement-Based Deep Venous Thrombosis Screening SystemJulian Guerrero, S. E. Salcudean, James A. McEwen, Bassam A. Masri, Savvas Nicolaou. 214-221 [doi]
• Determination of the Mechanical Properties of Soft Human Tissues through Aspiration ExperimentsAlessandro Nava, Edoardo Mazza, Frederic Kleinermann, Nick J. Avis, John McClure. 222-229 [doi]
• Episode Classification for the Analysis of Tissue/Instrument Interaction with Multiple Visual CuesBenny P. L. Lo, Ara Darzi, Guang-Zhong Yang. 230-237 [doi]
• In-Vivo and Postmortem Compressive Properties of Porcine Abdominal OrgansJeffrey D. Brown, Jacob Rosen, Mika N. Sinanan, Blake Hannaford. 238-245 [doi]
• Application of an Intra-operative Load Measuring System for Knee Replacement SurgeryT. V. Skrinskas, D. G. Viskontas, L. Ferreira, D. G. Chess, J. A. Johnson. 246-253 [doi]
• Modelling and Optimization of Bone-Cutting Forces in Orthopaedic SurgeryChristopher Plaskos, Antony J. Hodgson, Philippe Cinquin. 254-261 [doi]
• Soft Tissue Simulation Based on Measured DataMichael Hauth, Joachim Gross, Wolfgang Straßer, Gerhard F. Buess. 262-270 [doi]
• Analysis of Forces during Robotic Needle Insertion to Human VertebraKiyoshi Matsumiya, Yasuyuki Momoi, Etsuko Kobayashi, Nobuhiko Sugano, Kazuo Yonenobu, Hiroshi Inada, Takayuki Tsuji, Ichiro Sakuma. 271-278 [doi]
• A Modular 2-DOF Force-Sensing Instrument For Laparoscopic SurgerySrinivas K. Prasad, Masaya Kitagawa, Gregory S. Fischer, Jason Zand, Mark Talamini, Russell H. Taylor, Allison M. Okamura. 279-286 [doi]
• Intensity-Based 2D-3D Spine Image Registration Incorporating One Fiducial MarkerDaniel B. Russakoff, Torsten Rohlfing, Ramin Shahidi, Daniel H. Kim, John R. Adler Jr., Calvin R. Maurer Jr.. 287-294 [doi]
• Application of XMR 2D-3D Registration to Cardiac Interventional GuidanceKawal S. Rhode, Derek L. G. Hill, Philip J. Edwards, John H. Hipwell, Daniel Rueckert, Gerardo I. Sanchez-Ortiz, Sanjeet Hegde, Vithuran Rahunathan, Reza Razavi. 295-302 [doi]
• 3D Elastic Registration of Vessel Lumen from IVUS Data on Biplane AngiographyBenoit Godbout, Jacques A. de Guise, Gilles Soulez, Guy Cloutier. 303-310 [doi]
• pq-Space Based 2D/3D Registration for Endoscope TrackingFani Deligianni, Adrian James Chung, Guang-Zhong Yang. 311-318 [doi]
• Accuracy of a Fluoroscopy Technique for Assessing Patellar TrackingThomas S. Y. Tang, N. J. MacIntyre, H. S. Gill, R. A. Fellows, N. A. Hill, D. R. Wilson, Randy E. Ellis. 319-326 [doi]
• Design and Implementation of Parallel Nonrigid Image Registration Using Off-the-Shelf SupercomputersFumihiko Ino, Kanrou Ooyama, Akira Takeuchi, Kenichi Hagihara. 327-334 [doi]
• Vascular Atlas Formation Using a Vessel-to-Image Affine Registration MethodDini Chillet, Julien Jomier, Derek Cool, Stephen R. Aylward. 335-342 [doi]
• The Creation of a Brain Atlas for Image Guided Neurosurgery Using Serial Histological DataM. Mallar Chakravarty, Gilles Bertrand 0002, Maxime Descoteaux, Abbas F. Sadikot, D. Louis Collins. 343-350 [doi]
• Effective Intensity-Based 2D/3D Rigid Registration between Fluoroscopic X-Ray and CTDotan Knaan, Leo Joskowicz. 351-358 [doi]
• A Spatial-Stiffness Analysis of Fiducial Registration AccuracyBurton Ma, Randy E. Ellis. 359-366 [doi]
• Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Lateralization Based on MR Image Intensity and Registration FeaturesSimon Duchesne, Neda Bernasconi, Andrew L. Janke, Andrea Bernasconi, D. Louis Collins. 367-374 [doi]
• Model-Updated Image Guidance: A Statistical Approach to Gravity-Induced Brain ShiftPrashanth Dumpuri, Chun-Cheng R. Chen, Michael I. Miga. 375-382 [doi]
• Registration of Organ Surface with Intra-operative 3D Ultrasound Image Using Genetic AlgorithmRuoyun Wu, Keck Voon Ling, Wei Shao, Wan Sing Ng. 383-390 [doi]
• Exploring RSA Ultimate Accuracy by Using Computer Synthetic ImagesXunhua Yuan, Terry M. Peters, Robert B. Bourne, David W. Holdsworth. 391-398 [doi]
• New Image Similarity Measure for Bronchoscope Tracking Based on Image RegistrationDaisuke Deguchi, Kensaku Mori, Yasuhito Suenaga, Jun-ichi Hasegawa, Jun-ichiro Toriwaki, Hirotsugu Takabatake, Hiroshi Natori. 399-406 [doi]
• Diffusion Tensor and Functional MRI Fusion with Anatomical MRI for Image-Guided NeurosurgeryIon-Florin Talos, Lauren O Donnell, Carl-Fredrik Westin, Simon K. Warfield, William M. Wells III, Seung-Schik Yoo, Lawrence P. Panych, Alexandra Golby, Hatsuho Mamata, Stefan S. Maier, Peter Ratiu, Charles R. G. Guttmann, Peter M. Black, Ferenc A. Jolesz, Ron Kikinis. 407-415 [doi]
• 4-D Tomographic Representation of Coronary Arteries from One Rotational X-Ray SequenceChristophe Blondel, Grégoire Malandain, Régis Vaillant, Frederic Devernay, Ève Coste-Manière, Nicholas Ayache. 416-423 [doi]
• Flow Field Abstraction and Vortex Detection for MR Velocity MappingYin-Heung Pauline Ng, Bernardo Silva Carmo, Guang-Zhong Yang. 424-431 [doi]
• Automated Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Cardiac MRIMichael Kaus, Jens von Berg, Wiro J. Niessen, Vladimir Pekar. 432-439 [doi]
• Segmentation of 4D Cardiac MR Images Using a Probabilistic Atlas and the EM AlgorithmMaria Lorenzo-Valdés, Gerardo I. Sanchez-Ortiz, Raad Mohiaddin, Daniel Rueckert. 440-450 [doi]
• ICA vs. PCA Active Appearance Models: Application to Cardiac MR SegmentationMehmet Üzümcü, Alejandro F. Frangi, Milan Sonka, Johan H. C. Reiber, Boudewijn P. F. Lelieveldt. 451-458 [doi]
• Four-Chamber 3-D Statistical Shape Model from Cardiac Short-Axis and Long-Axis MR ImagesJyrki Lötjönen, Juha Koikkalainen, Daniel Smutek, Sari Kivistö, Kirsi Lauerma. 459-466 [doi]
• Tracking Atria and Ventricles Simultaneously from Cardiac Short- and Long-Axis MR ImagesJyrki Lötjönen, Daniel Smutek, Sari Kivistö, Kirsi Lauerma. 467-474 [doi]
• Exploratory Identification of Cardiac Noise in fMRI ImagesLilla Zöllei, Lawrence P. Panych, W. Eric L. Grimson, William M. Wells III. 475-482 [doi]
• Optic Flow Computation from Cardiac MR Tagging Using a Multiscale Differential Method: A Comparative Study with Velocity-Encoded MRIAvan Suinesiaputra, Luc Florack, Jos J. M. Westenberg, Bart M. ter Haar Romeny, Johan H. C. Reiber, Boudewijn P. F. Lelieveldt. 483-490 [doi]
• A Finite Element Model for Functional Analysis of 4D Cardiac-Tagged MR ImagesKyoungju Park, Dimitris N. Metaxas, Leon Axel. 491-498 [doi]
• Cardiac Endoscopy Enhanced by Dynamic Organ Modeling for Minimally-Invasive Surgery GuidanceStanislaw Szpala, Gerard Guiraudon, Terry M. Peters. 499-506 [doi]
• Automated Model-Based Segmentation of the Left and Right Ventricles in Tagged Cardiac MRIAlbert Montillo, Dimitris N. Metaxas, Leon Axel. 507-515 [doi]
• Algorithms for Real-Time FastHARP Cardiac Function AnalysisKhaled Z. Abd-Elmoniem, Jerry L. Prince. 516-523 [doi]
• Automatic Segmentation of Cardiac MRIDavid T. Gering. 524-532 [doi]
• Cardiac LV Segmentation Using a 3D Active Shape Model Driven by Fuzzy InferenceHans C. van Assen, Mikhail G. Danilouchkine, Faiza Behloul, Hildo J. Lamb, Rob J. van der Geest, Johan H. C. Reiber, Boudewijn P. F. Lelieveldt. 533-540 [doi]
• Automatic Planning of the Acquisition of Cardiac MR ImagesClare Jackson, Matthew Robson, Jane Francis, J. Alison Noble. 541-548 [doi]
• A High Resolution Dynamic Heart Model Based on Averaged MRI DataJohn Moore, Maria Drangova, Marcin Wierzbicki, Terry M. Peters. 549-555 [doi]
• Analysis of Left Ventricular Motion Using a General Robust Point Matching AlgorithmNing Lin, Xenophon Papademetris, Albert J. Sinusas, James S. Duncan. 556-563 [doi]
• Interactive, GPU-Based Level Sets for 3D SegmentationAaron E. Lefohn, Joshua E. Cates, Ross T. Whitaker. 564-572 [doi]
• 3D Image Segmentation of Deformable Objects with Shape-Appearance Joint Prior ModelsJing Yang, James S. Duncan. 573-580 [doi]
• A Novel Stochastic Combination of 3D Texture Features for Automated Segmentation of Prostatic Adenocarcinoma from High Resolution MRIAnant Madabhushi, Michael D. Feldman, Dimitris N. Metaxas, Deborah Chute, John E. Tomaszeweski. 581-591 [doi]
• An Automatic System for Classification of Nuclear Sclerosis from Slit-Lamp PhotographsShaohua Fan, Charles R. Dyer, Larry Hubbard, Barbara Klein. 592-601 [doi]
• Multi-scale Nodule Detection in Chest RadiographsArnold M. R. Schilham, Bram van Ginneken, Marco Loog. 602-609 [doi]
• Automated White Matter Lesion Segmentation by Voxel Probability EstimationPetronella Anbeek, Koen L. Vincken, M. J. P. van Osch, Bob Bisschops, Max A. Viergever, Jeroen van der Grond. 610-617 [doi]
• Drusen Detection in a Retinal Image Using Multi-level AnalysisLee Brandon, Adam Hoover. 618-625 [doi]
• 3D Automated Lung Nodule Segmentation in HRCTCatalin I. Fetita, Françoise J. Prêteux, Catherine Beigelman-Aubry, Philippe Grenier. 626-634 [doi]
• Segmentation and Evaluation of Adipose Tissue from Whole Body MRI ScansYinpeng Jin, Celina Imielinska, Andrew Laine, Jayaram K. Udupa, Wei Shen, Steven B. Heymsfield. 635-642 [doi]
• Automatic Identification and Localization of Craniofacial Landmarks Using Multi Layer Neural NetworkIdris El-Feghi, Maher A. Sid-Ahmed, Majid Ahmadi. 643-654 [doi]
• An Artificially Evolved Vision System for Segmenting Skin Lesion ImagesMark E. Roberts, Ela Claridge. 655-662 [doi]
• Multivariate Statistics for Detection of MS Activity in Serial Multimodal MR ImagesSylvain Prima, Douglas L. Arnold, D. Louis Collins. 663-670 [doi]
• Vascular Attributes and Malignant Brain TumorsElizabeth Bullitt, Guido Gerig, Stephen R. Aylward, Sarang C. Joshi, J. Keith Smith, Matthew G. Ewend, Weili Lin. 671-679 [doi]
• Statistical-Based Approach for Extracting 3D Blood Vessels from TOF-MyRA DataM. Sabry Hassouna, Aly A. Farag, Stephen G. Hushek, Thomas Moriarty. 680-687 [doi]
• Automated Segmentation of 3D US Prostate Images Using Statistical Texture-Based Matching MethodYiqiang Zhan, Dinggang Shen. 688-696 [doi]
• An Evaluation of Deformation-Based Morphometry Applied to the Developing Human Brain and Detection of Volumetric Changes Associated with Preterm BirthJames P. Boardman, Kanwal K. Bhatia, Serena J. Counsell, Joanna M. Allsop, Olga Kapellou, Mary A. Rutherford, A. David Edwards, Joseph V. Hajnal, Daniel Rueckert. 697-704 [doi]
• Statistical Shape Modeling of Unfolded Retinotopic Maps for a Visual Areas Probabilistic AtlasIsabelle Corouge, Michel Dojat, Christian Barillot. 705-713 [doi]
• Optimal Scan Planning with Statistical Shape Modelling of the Levator AniSu-Lin Lee, Paramate Horkaew, Ara Darzi, Guang-Zhong Yang. 714-721 [doi]
• Determining Epicardial Surface Motion Using Elastic Registration: Towards Virtual Reality Guidance of Minimally Invasive Cardiac InterventionsMarcin Wierzbicki, Terry M. Peters. 722-729 [doi]
• A CAD System for Quantifying COPD Based on 3-D CT ImagesJiro Nagao, Takahisa Aiguchi, Kensaku Mori, Yasuhito Suenaga, Jun-ichiro Toriwaki, Masaki Mori, Hiroshi Natori. 730-737 [doi]
• Temporal Subtraction of Thorax CR ImagesDirk Loeckx, Frederik Maes, Dirk Vandermeulen, Paul Suetens. 738-745 [doi]
• Computer Aided Diagnosis for CT Colonography via Slope Density FunctionsGabriel Kiss, Johan Van Cleynenbreugel, Paul Suetens, Guy Marchal. 746-753 [doi]
• Disease-Oriented Evaluation of Dual-Bootstrap Retinal Image RegistrationChia-Ling Tsai, Anna Majerovics, Charles V. Stewart, Badrinath Roysam. 754-761 [doi]
• The Navigated Image Viewer - Evaluation in Maxillofacial SurgeryStefan Weber, Martin Klein, Andreas Hein, T. Krueger, Tim Lüth, Jürgen Bier. 762-769 [doi]
• Lung Deformation Estimation with Non-rigid Registration for Radiotherapy TreatmentVlad Boldea, David Sarrut, Sébastien Clippe. 770-777 [doi]
• Registration, Matching, and Data Fusion in 2D/3D Medical Imaging: Application to DSA and MRAMaximilien Vermandel, Nacim Betrouni, Georges Palos, Jean-Yves Gauvrit, Christian Vasseur, Jean Rousseau. 778-785 [doi]
• Texture Analysis of MR Images of Minocycline Treated MS PatientsYunyan Zhang, Hongmei Zhu, Ricardo Ferrari, Xingchang Wei, Michael Eliasziw, Luanne M. Metz, J. Ross Mitchell. 786-793 [doi]
• Estimating Cortical Surface Motion Using Stereopsis for Brain Deformation ModelsHai Sun, Hany Farid, Kyle Rick, Alex Hartov, David W. Roberts, Keith D. Paulsen. 794-801 [doi]
• Automatic Spinal Deformity Detection Based on Neural NetworkHyoungseop Kim, Seiji Ishikawa, Marzuki Khalid, Yoshinori Otsuka, Hisashi Shimizu, Yasuhiro Nakada, Takashi Shinomiya, Max A. Viergever. 802-809 [doi]