Medical Image
Processing Studies:
Current
Research in
Biomedicine
Research
Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison
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ECG Compression using Signal Processing
http://saigon.ece.wisc.edu/~waveweb/Research/EC
G/page1.html
Univ. of Minnesota
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Magnetic resonance imaging based on blood oxygen
level dependent contrast
New type of magnetic resonance imaging based on
detection of image contrast determined by local
varations in magnetic field
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Takes advantage of non-spatially uniform magnetization
Animation of MRI:
http://www.cmrr.drad.umn.edu/fMRImovie.html
More Research…
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Stanford Univ. – Center for Advanced Medical
Informatics
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Spinal Image Fusion Project
• Benefits: Improve diagnostic accuracy of spinal imaging
techniques, improve outcome of existing treatments for patients
with severe spinal disorders
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Semi-Automated Editing of Medical Images
• Benefits: Expedite editing process, save expensive radiologist
time
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3D Reconstruction of Blood Vessels from MR Angiograms
• Benefits: Classify MRA data into vessel & surrounding-tissue
categories, then implementation of program to test segmentation
methods
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http://camis.stanford.edu/projects/image_process.html
Research cont…
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Yale University
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Segmentation of Anatomical Structure
• Measurement of Cortex from 3D MR Images
• Boundary finding with Correspondence
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http://noodle.med.yale.edu/seg.html
Univ. of Michigan
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Elasticity Imaging
• Can noninvasively detect kidney transplant rejection
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http://bul.eecs.umich.edu/research/index.html
More research…
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University of Alberta, CA
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Medical Imaging Group
• Acquiring & manipulation of image data for
rehabilitation of scoliosis patients
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To see an example of the imaging:
http://nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca/medimg/medim
g.html
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
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Signal Processing Society
Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
http://www.ieee-tmi.org/
Programs in Image Processing:
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Magnetic Resonance User Interface
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Matlab based Graphical User Interface
software
Uses time domain signals, then FT for
interpreting data and quantitation results
http://www.mrui.uab.es/mrui/mruiAbout.html
NASA’s Langley Research Center:
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Retinex Image Processing
http://dragon.larc.nasa.gov/retinex/medical/
medical1.html
More programs…
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TRACEE
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Unix-based image processing environment
• Includes visualization & analysis tools
• http://physig.ph.kcl.ac.uk/tracee/overview.html
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Factor Analysis of Dynamic Structures
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Benefits: Technicians spared time drawing
regions of interest around organs;
computational speed, increased accuracy
(speculatory)
http://www.ph.kcl.ac.uk/ipg/fads.html
Interesting websites
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Westminster Dept. of Electrical Systems
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Signal Processing Information Database
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www.hr/josip/DSP/sigproc.html
News of Diagnostic Imaging
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CMSA Filter Designer http://www.cmsa.westminster.ac.uk/filter_des
ign.html
www.dimag.com
Center for Imaging Science
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http://cis.jhu.edu/main.html
More cool stuff…
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Medical Image Analysis Online
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www3.oup.co.uk/mediaj/
Bio-Imaging
Research, Inc.
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Information
about
CT scans,
ultrasound
imaging, MRIs, and
more
http://www.bioimaging.com/
Test Images
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Penn State University’s
Electrical Engineering Dept.
Multidimensional Image
Processing
 http://cobb.ece.psu.edu/
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Computer Vision Test
Images
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http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cil/v
-images.html