Geometric Methods in Bio-Medical Image Processing

showcleverapplicationsinvesseldetectionin3Dmedicaldata. Finally,in Chapter7,A. Sarti,K. Mikula,F. Sgallari,andC. Lamberti,describean- linearmodelfor?lteringtimevarying3Dmedicaldataandshowimpressive resultsinbothultrasoundandechoimages. IoweadebtofgratitudetoClaudioLambertiandAlessandroSartifor invitingmetoBologna,andlogisticalsupportfortheconference. Ithank thecontributingauthorsfortheirenthusiasmand?exibility,theSpringer mathematicseditorMartinPetersforhisoptimismandpatience,andJ. A. Sethianforhisunfailingsupport,goodhumor,andguidancethroughthe years. Berkeley,California R. Malladi October,2001 Contents 1 FastMethodsforShapeExtractioninMedicaland BiomedicalImaging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 R. Malladi,J. A. Sethian 1. 1Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 2TheFastMarchingMethod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. 3ShapeRecoveryfromMedicalImages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. 4Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 AGeometricModelforImageAnalysisinCytology. . . . . . . 19 C. OrtizdeSolorzano,R. Malladi,,S. J. Lockett 2. 1Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2. 2GeometricModelforImageAnalysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2. 3SegmentationofNuclei. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2. 4SegmentationofNucleiandCellsUsingMembrane-RelatedProtein Markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2. 5Conclusions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .