Table of Contents

• Investigating an approach to identifying the biomechanical differences between intercostal cartilage in subjects with pectus excavatum and normals in vivo: preliminary assessment of normal subjectsKrzysztof J. Rechowicz, Frederic D. McKenzie, Zhenzhen Yan, Sebastian Y. Bawab, Stacie Ringleb. [doi]
• Reliability of vascular geometry factors derived from clinical MRAPayam B. Bijari, Luca Antiga, David A. Steinman. [doi]
• Group-wise registration of ultrasound to CT images of human vertebraeSean Gill, Parvin Mousavi, Gabor Fichtinger, David R. Pichora, Purang Abolmaesumi. [doi]
• Using a statistical appearance model to predict the fracture load of the proximal femurBenedikt Schuler, Karl D. Fritscher, Volker Kuhn 0001, Felix Eckstein, Rainer Schubert. [doi]
• Photo-consistency registration of a 4D cardiac motion model to endoscopic video for image guidance of robotic coronary artery bypassMichael Figl, Daniel Rueckert, Eddie Edwards. [doi]
• Post-operative assessment in Deep Brain Stimulation based on multimodal images: registration workflow and validationFlorent Lalys, Claire Haegelen, Alexandre Abadie, Pierre Jannin. [doi]
• Real-time video fusion using a distributed architecture in robotic surgeryDavid M. Kwartowitz, Maryam E. Rettmann, David R. Holmes III, Richard A. Robb. [doi]
• A novel technique for the three-dimensional visualization of radio-frequency ablation lesions using delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imagingBenjamin R. Knowles, Dennis Caulfield, Matthew Ginks, Michael Cooklin, Julian Bostock, Christopher Aldo Rinaldi, Jaswinder S. Gill, Reza Razavi, Tobias Schaeffter, Kawal S. Rhode. [doi]
• 3D reconstruction of the human spine from radiograph(s) using a multi-body statistical modelJonathan Boisvert, Farida Cheriet, Xavier Pennec, Nicholas Ayache. [doi]
• Fast registration of pre- and peri-interventional CT images for targeting support in radiofrequency ablation of hepatic tumorsJennifer Bieberstein, Christian Schumann, Andreas Weihusen, Tobias Böhler, Stefan Wirtz, Philipp Bruners, Diethard Schmidt, Christoph Trumm, Matthias U. Niethammer, G. Haras, Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann, Andreas H. Mahnken, Philippe L. Pereira, Heinz-Otto Peitgen. [doi]
• New vision based navigation clue for a regular colonoscope's tipAnouar Mekaouar, Chokri Ben Amar, Tanneguy Redarce. [doi]
• Visualization of multiresolution model for volumetric medical data by using weighted alpha shapesKun Lee. [doi]
• Direct endoscopic video registration for sinus surgeryDaniel Mirota, Russell H. Taylor, Masaru Ishii, Gregory D. Hager. [doi]
• 3D annotation and manipulation of medical anatomical structuresDime Vitanovski, Christian Schaller, Dieter A. Hahn, Volker Daum, Joachim Hornegger. [doi]
• Optimal search guided by partial active shape model for prostate segmentation in TRUS imagesPingkun Yan, Sheng Xu 0001, Baris Turkbey, Jochen Kruecker. [doi]
• Accuracy of non-rigid registration for local analysis of elasticity restrictions of the lungsDaniel Stein, Ralf Tetzlaff, Ivo Wolf, Hans-Peter Meinzer. [doi]
• Matching CT and ultrasound data of the liver by landmark constrained image registrationJanine Olesch, Nils Papenberg, Thomas Lange, Matthias Conrad, Bernd Fischer 0001. [doi]
• Conoscopic holography for image registration: a feasibility studyRay A. Lathrop, Tiffany T. Cheng, Robert J. Webster. [doi]
• An open-source framework for testing tracking devices using Lego MindstormsJulien Jomier, Luis Ibáñez, Andinet Enquobahrie, Danielle F. Pace, Kevin Cleary. [doi]
• Transbronchial needle aspiration with a new electromagnetically-tracked TBNA needleJae Choi, Teo Popa, Lucian Gruionu. [doi]
• Evaluation of dynamic electromagnetic tracking deviationJohann Hummel, Michael Figl, Michael R. Bax, Ramin Shahidi, Helmar Bergmann, Wolfgang Birkfellner. [doi]
• Effect of heterogeneous material of the lung on deformable image registrationAdil Al-Mayah, Joanne Moseley, Mike Velec, Kristy Brock. [doi]
• Human vs. robot operator error in a needle-based navigation system for percutaneous liver interventionsLena Maier-Hein, Conor J. Walsh, Alexander Seitel, Nevan C. Hanumara, Jo-Anne Shepard, Alfred M. Franz, Frank Pianka, Sascha A. Müller, Bruno M. Schmied, Alexander H. Slocum, Rajiv Gupta, Hans-Peter Meinzer. [doi]
• Computer-assisted LAD bypass grafting at the open heartChristine Hartung, Claudia Gnahm, Reinhard Friedl, Martin Hoffmann 0004, Klaus Dietmayer. [doi]
• An improved method for compensating ultra-tiny electromagnetic tracker utilizing position and orientation information and its application to a flexible neuroendoscopic surgery navigation systemZhengang Jiang, Kensaku Mori, Yukitaka Nimura, Marco Feuerstein, Takayuki Kitasaka, Yasuhito Suenaga, Yuichiro Hayashi, Eiji Ito, Masazumi Fujii, Tetsuya Nagatani, Yasukazu Kajita, Toshiko Wakabayashi, Jun Yoshida. [doi]
• Model-based brain shift compensation in image-guided neurosurgerySongbai Ji, Fenghong Liu, Xiaoyao Fan, Alex Hartov, David W. Roberts, Keith D. Paulsen. [doi]
• Accuracy of x-ray image-based 3D localization from two C-arm views: a comparison between an ideal system and a real deviceAlexander Brost, Norbert Strobel, Liron Yatziv, Wesley D. Gilson, Bernhard Meyer, Joachim Hornegger, Jonathan S. Lewin, Frank K. Wacker. [doi]
• Model-driven physiological assessment of the mitral valve from 4D TEEIngmar Voigt, Razvan Ioan Ionasec, Bogdan Georgescu, Helene Houle, Martin Huber, Joachim Hornegger, Dorin Comaniciu. [doi]
• Fiducial localization in C-arm based cone-beam CTZiv Yaniv. [doi]
• Optimal landmarks selection and fiducial marker placement for minimal target registration error in image-guided neurosurgeryReuben R. Shamir, Leo Joskowicz, Yigal Shoshan. [doi]
• Accelerated statistical shape model-based technique for tissue deformation estimationIman Khalaji, Kaamran Raahemifar, Abbas Samani. [doi]
• A variational method for vessels segmentation: algorithm and application to liver vessels visualizationMoti Freiman, Leo Joskowicz, Jacob Sosna. [doi]
• Constrained hyperelastic parameters reconstruction of PVA (Polyvinyl Alcohol) phantom undergoing large deformationHatef Mehrabian, Abbas Samani. [doi]
• Cluster of workstation based nonrigid image registration using free-form deformationXiaofen Zheng, Jayaram K. Udupa, Xinjian Chen. [doi]
• Automatic classification of minimally invasive instruments based on endoscopic image sequencesStefanie Speidel, Julia Benzko, Sebastian Krappe, Gunther Sudra, Pedram Azad, Beat Peter Müller-Stich, Carsten N. Gutt, Rüdiger Dillmann. [doi]
• Preliminary experiments of a single x-ray view catheter 3D localization algorithm for targeted stem cell injectionsM. Iovea, J. Creed, E. Perin, M. Neagu, G. Mateiasi. [doi]
• Iterative solution for rigid-body point-based registration with anisotropic weightingRamya Balachandran, J. Michael Fitzpatrick. [doi]
• Using a wireless motion controller for 3D medical image catheter interactionsDime Vitanovski, Dieter A. Hahn, Volker Daum, Joachim Hornegger. [doi]
• Prostate brachytherapy seed localization using a mobile C-arm without trackingMaria S. Ayad, Junghoon Lee, Jerry L. Prince, Gabor Fichtinger. [doi]
• Direct global adjustment methods for endoscopic mosaickingSharmishtaa Seshamani, Michael D. Smith, Jason J. Corso, Marcus O. Filipovich, Ananth Natarajan, Gregory D. Hager. [doi]
• High-performance intraoperative cone-beam CT on a mobile C-arm: an integrated system for guidance of head and neck surgeryJeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Michael J. Daly, Harley Chan, Sajendra Nithiananthan, N. Hamming, K. K. Brock, Jonathan C. Irish. [doi]
• A deformation model for non-rigid registration of the kidneyRowena E. Ong, Courtenay L. Glisson, S. Duke Herrell, Michael I. Miga, Robert L. Galloway. [doi]
• Ultrasound elastography: enabling technology for image guided laparoscopic prostatectomyIoana Fleming, Hassan Rivaz, Katarzyna J. Macura, Li-Ming Su, Ulrike M. Hamper, Gwen A. Lagoda, Arthur L. Burnett, Tamara Lotan, Russell H. Taylor, Gregory D. Hager, Emad M. Boctor. [doi]
• Absolute length measurement using manually decided stereo correspondence for endoscopyM. Sasaki, T. Koishi, Toshiya Nakaguchi, Norimichi Tsumura, Yoichi Miyake. [doi]
• Computer-aided method for automated selection of optimal imaging plane for measurement of total cerebral blood flow by MRIPang-yu Teng, Ahmet Murat Bagci, Noam Alperin. [doi]
• Curve-based 2D-3D registration of coronary vessels for image guided procedureLuc Duong, Rui Liao, Hari Sundar, Benoit Tailhades, Andreas Meyer, Chenyang Xu. [doi]
• Locally homogenized and de-noised vector fields for cardiac fiber tracking in DT-MRI imagesAlireza Akhbardeh, Fijoy Vadakkumpadan, Jason D. Bayer, Natalia A. Trayanova. [doi]
• Atlas-driven scan planning for high-resolution micro-SPECT data acquisition based on multi-view photographs: a pilot studyMartin Baiker, Brendan Vastenhouw, Woutjan J. Branderhorst, Johan H. C. Reiber, Freek J. Beekman, Boudewijn P. F. Lelieveldt. [doi]
• Automated RFA planning for complete coverage of large tumorsKaren Trovato, Sandeep Dalal, Jochen Kruecker, Aradhana Venkatesan, Bradford J. Wood. [doi]
• Numerical analysis of the hemodynamic effect of plaque ulceration in the stenotic carotid artery bifurcationEmily Y. Wong, Jaques S. Milner, David A. Steinman, Tamie Poepping, David W. Holdsworth. [doi]
• Automated 3D heart segmentation by search rays for building individual conductor modelsJaeil Kim, Seokyeol Kim, Kiwoong Kim, Jinah Park. [doi]
• Quantification of abdominal aortic deformation after EVARStefanie Demirci, Frode Manstad-Hulaas, Nassir Navab. [doi]
• Disablement of a surgical drill via CT guidance to protect vital anatomyChristopher C. . Heath, Ramya Balachandran, Omid Majdani, Andrew Jurik, Thomas Edwards, Robert F. Labadie, J. Michael Fitzpatrick. [doi]
• Uniscale multi-view registration using double dog-leg methodChao-I Chen, Dusty Sargent, Chang-Ming Tsai, Yuan-Fang Wang, Dan Koppel. [doi]
• A GPU-based fiber tracking framework using geometry shadersAlexander Köhn, Jan Klein 0001, Florian Weiler, Heinz-Otto Peitgen. [doi]
• A PDE approach for quantifying and visualizing tumor progression and regressionBenjamin J. Sintay, J. Daniel Bourland. [doi]
• Localization and tracking of aortic valve prosthesis in 2D fluoroscopic image sequencesMohamed Esmail Karar, Claire Chalopin, Denis R. Merk, Stephan Jacobs, Thomas Walther, Oliver Burgert, Volkmar Falk. [doi]
• Computer-aided patch planning for treatment of complex coarctation of the aortaUrte Rietdorf, Eugénie Riesenkampff, Titus Kühne, Michael Hübler, Hans-Peter Meinzer, Ivo Wolf. [doi]
• Left atrium pulmonary veins: segmentation and quantification for planning atrial fibrillation ablationRashed Karim, Raad Mohiaddin, Daniel Rueckert. [doi]
• nD statistical shape model building via recursive boundary subdivisionSylvia Rueda, Jayaram K. Udupa. [doi]
• C-arm cone beam CT guidance of sinus and skull base surgery: quantitative surgical performance evaluation and development of a novel high-fidelity phantomA. Vescan, Harley Chan, Michael J. Daly, I. Witterick, Jonathan C. Irish, Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen. [doi]
• Interactive vessel-tracking with a hybrid model-based and graph-based approachDominik Fritz, Thomas Beck, Michael Scheuering. [doi]
• Collision-free 6D non-holonomic planning for nested cannulasKaren Trovato, Aleksandra Popovic. [doi]
• Experimental comparison of landmark-based methods for 3D elastic registration of pre- and postoperative liver CT dataThomas Lange, Stefan Wörz, Karl Rohr, Peter M. Schlag. [doi]
• Elasticity-based three dimensional ultrasound real-time volume renderingEmad M. Boctor, Mohammad Matinfar, Omar Ahmad, Hassan Rivaz, Michael A. Choti, Russell H. Taylor. [doi]
• Echocardiography to magnetic resonance image registration for use in image-guide electrophysiology proceduresYingLiang Ma, Kawal S. Rhode, Andrew P. King, Dennis Cauldfield, Michael Cooklin, Reza Razavi, Graeme P. Penney. [doi]
• Validation of CT-video registration for guiding a novel ultrathin bronchoscope to peripheral lung nodules using electromagnetic trackingTimothy D. Soper, David R. Haynor, Robb W. Glenny, Eric J. Seibel. [doi]
• Development and evaluation of a new image-based user interface for robot-assisted needle placements with the Robopsy systemAlexander Seitel, Conor J. Walsh, Nevan C. Hanumara, Jo-Anne Shepard, Alexander H. Slocum, Hans-Peter Meinzer, Rajiv Gupta, Lena Maier-Hein. [doi]
• A dual compute resource strategy for computational model-assisted therapeutic interventionsDouglas Hackworth, Prashanth Dumpuri, Michael I. Miga. [doi]
• A planning system for transapical aortic valve implantationMichael Gessat, Denis R. Merk, Volkmar Falk, Thomas Walther, Stefan Jacobs, Alois Nöttling, Oliver Burgert. [doi]
• Improved navigation for image-guided bronchoscopyRahul Khare, Kun-Chang Yu, William E. Higgins. [doi]
• Automated segmentation of muscle and adipose tissue on CT images for human body composition analysisHoward Chung, Dana Cobzas, Laura Birdsell, Jessica Lieffers, Vickie Baracos. [doi]
• Swallowable capsule with air channel for improved image-guided cancer detection in the esophagusEric J. Seibel, C. David Melville, Jonathan K. C. Lung, Alexander P. Babchanik, Cameron M. Lee, Richard S. Johnston, Jason A. Dominitz. [doi]
• Front Matter: Volume 7261Proceedings of SPIE. 726101 [doi]
• Fiducial registration error and target registration error are uncorrelatedJ. Michael Fitzpatrick. 726102 [doi]
• Brain tumor resection guided by fluorescence imaging and MRI image guidancePablo Valdes, Brent T. Harris, Frederic Leblond, Kathryn Fontaine, Songbai Ji, Brian W. Pogue, Alex Hartov, David W. Roberts, Keith D. Paulsen. 726103 [doi]
• Automatic segmentation of cortical vessels in pre- and post-tumor resection laser range scan imagesSiyi Ding, Michael I. Miga, Reid Carleton Thompson, Ishita Garg, Benoit M. Dawant. 726104 [doi]
• Towards real-time guidewire detection and tracking in the field of neuroradiologyMartin Spiegel, Marcus Pfister, Dieter A. Hahn, Volker Daum, Joachim Hornegger, Tobias Struffert, Arnd Dörfler. 726105 [doi]
• Spinal cord stress injury assessment (SCOSIA): clinical applications of mechanical modeling of the spinal cord and brainstemKenneth H. Wong, Jae Choi, William Wilson, Joel Berry, Fraser C. Henderson. 726106 [doi]
• Fusion of MDCT-based endoluminal renderings and endoscopic videoLav Rai, William E. Higgins. 726107 [doi]
• A method for accelerating bronchoscope tracking based on image registration by using GPUTakamasa Sugiura, Daisuke Deguchi, Marco Feuerstein, Takayuki Kitasaka, Yasuhito Suenaga, Kensaku Mori. 726108 [doi]
• Time-of-Flight sensor for patient positioningChristian Schaller, André Adelt, Jochen Penne, Joachim Hornegger. 726110 [doi]
• Application of an image-guided navigation system in breast cancer localizationTanja Alderliesten, Claudette Loo, Angelique T. E. F. Schlief, Anita Paape, Michiel van der Meer, Kenneth G. A. Gilhuijs. 726111 [doi]
• Fast 3D vision with robust structured light codingChadi Albitar, Pierre Graebling, Christophe Doignon. 726113 [doi]
• Fast hybrid freehand ultrasound volume reconstructionAthanasios Karamalis, Wolfgang Wein, Oliver Kutter, Nassir Navab. 726114 [doi]
• Ultrasound goes GPU: real-time simulation using CUDATobias Reichl, Josh Passenger, Oscar Acosta, Olivier Salvado. 726116 [doi]
• A GPU-based framework for simulation of medical ultrasoundOliver Kutter, Athanasios Karamalis, Wolfgang Wein, Nassir Navab. 726117 [doi]
• A guided wave technique for needle biopsy under ultrasound guidanceF. Simonetti. 726118 [doi]
• A system for the registration of arthroscopic images to magnetic resonance images of the knee: for improved virtual knee arthroscopyChengliang Hu, Giancarlo Amati, Nicola Gullick, Stephen Oakley, Vassilios Hurmusiadis, Tobias Schaeffter, Graeme P. Penney, Kawal S. Rhode. 726119 [doi]
• A method for semi-automatic segmentation and evaluation of intracranial aneurysms in bone-subtraction computed tomography angiography (BSCTA) imagesSusanne Krämer, Hendrik Ditt, Christina Biermann, Michael Lell, Jörg Keller 0001. 726120 [doi]
• Tumor correlated CT: a new paradigm for motion compensated CT for image-guided therapyParag J. Parikh, Kristen M. Lechleiter, Kathleen Malinowski, Ryan L. Smith, Jie Wen, Steve Dimmer. 726121 [doi]
• Comparison of pre/post-operative CT image volumes to preoperative digitization of partial hepatectomies: a feasibility study in surgical validationPrashanth Dumpuri, Logan W. Clements, Rui Li, Jonathan M. Waite, James D. Stefansic, David A. Geller, Michael I. Miga, Benoit M. Dawant. 726122 [doi]
• Evaluating optimal CNR as a preset criteria for nonlinear moidal blending of dual energy CT dataDavid R. Holmes III, A. Apel, J. G. Fletcher, L. S. Guimaraes, C. E. Eusemann, Richard A. Robb. 726123 [doi]
• Recognition of surgical skills using hidden Markov modelsStefanie Speidel, Tom Zentek, Gunther Sudra, Tobias Gehrig, Beat Peter Müller-Stich, Carsten N. Gutt, Rüdiger Dillmann. 726125 [doi]
• 3D finite element model for treatment of cleft lipChun Jiao, Dongming Hong, Hongbing Lu, Jianqi Wang, Qin Lin, Zhengrong Liang. 726126 [doi]
• Deformable hollow organ models with self-collision processing between inner surfacesK. Nishimura, T. Koishi, Toshiya Nakaguchi, S. Morita, Norimichi Tsumura, Yoichi Miyake. 726127 [doi]
• Accuracy of localization of prostate lesions using manual palpation and ultrasound elastographyCarmen Kut, Caitlin Schneider, Naima Carter-Monroe, Li-Ming Su, Emad Boctor, Russell H. Taylor. 726128 [doi]
• Curvature and shape variance based landmark tagging methods for building statistical object modelsSylvia Rueda, Jayaram K. Udupa, Li Bai. 726129 [doi]
• A visualization system for CT based pulmonary fissure analysisJiantao Pu, Bin Zheng, Sang-Cheol Park. 726130 [doi]
• Quantitative and visual analysis of white matter integrity using diffusion tensor imagingXuwei Liang, Qi Zhuang, Ning Cao, Jun Zhang 0001. 726131 [doi]
• Evaluation of topology correction methods for the generation of the cortical surfaceWen Li, Vincent A. Magnotta. 726132 [doi]
• Analysis and dynamic 3D visualization of cerebral blood flow combining 3D and 4D MR image sequencesNils Daniel Forkert, Dennis Säring, Jens Fiehler, Till Illies, Dietmar P. F. Möller, Heinz Handels. 726133 [doi]
• Visualization of risk structures for interactive planning of image guided radiofrequency ablation of liver tumorsChristian Rieder, Michael Schwier, Andreas Weihusen, Stephan Zidowitz, Heinz-Otto Peitgen. 726134 [doi]
• A contrast and registration template for magnetic resonance image data guided dental implant placementGeorg Eggers, Raluca Cosgarea, Marcus Rieker, Bodo Kress, Hartmut Dickhaus, Joachim Mühling. 726135 [doi]
• Feature-driven deformation for dense correspondenceDeboshmita Ghosh, Andrei Sharf, Nina Amenta. 726136 [doi]
• Reduction of multi-fragment fractures of the distal radius using atlas-based 2D/3D registrationRen Hui Gong, A. James Stewart, Purang Abolmaesumi. 726137 [doi]
• Surface-based determination of the pelvic coordinate systemLorenz Fieten, Jörg Eschweiler, Stefan Heger, Koroush Kabir, Sascha Gravius, Matías de la Fuente, Klaus Radermacher. 726138 [doi]
• Intraoperative localization of brachytherapy implants using intensity-based registrationZahra Karimaghaloo, Purang Abolmaesumi, Narges Ahmidi, Thomas Kuiran Chen, David G. Gobbi, Gabor Fichtinger. 726139 [doi]