Main description:

This book presents the latest research findings and reviews in the field of medical imaging technology, covering ultrasound diagnostics approaches for detecting osteoarthritis, breast carcinoma and cardiovascular conditions, image guided biopsy and segmentation techniques for detecting lung cancer, image fusion, and simulating fluid flows for cardiovascular applications. It offers a useful guide for students, lecturers and professional researchers in the fields of biomedical engineering and image processing.

Contents:

Improved Ultrasound Imaging For Knee Osteoarthritis Detection.- Review on Image Guided Lung Biopsy.- Position Tracking Systems for Ultrasound Imaging - A Survey.- Multimodal Medical Image Fusion in Cardiovascular Applications.- Performance Evaluation of Lung Segmentation.- A Review on Fluid Simulation Method for Blood Flow Representation.- State Of The Art in the 3D Cardiovascular Visualization.- Virtual Surgery, Applications and Limitations.- Oriented Speckle Reducing Anisotropic Diffusion (OSRAD) for Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM).- Measurement of Ultrasound Attenuation and Protein Denaturation Behavior During Hyperthermia Monitoring.- Development of Flexible Bronchoscope Device Using Soft Actuator.