- Conference Proceedings -
Medical Image Understanding and Analysis
16 - 17 July, 2001
The University of Birmingham

Mammographic Image Analysis

Measurement and Visualisation of Physiological Contrast-enhanced Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Paul A. Armitage, Christian P. Behrenbruch, J. Michael Brady and Niall Moore
Oxford University

Differentiating Benign and Malignant Breast Lesions Using Half Fourier MR Image Acquisition Techniques
Andreas Degenhard, Christine Tanner, Carmel Hayes, David J Hawkes and Martin O Leach
The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London and Guy's Hospital, London

An Improved Method of Computing Scale-Orientation Signatures
Chris Rose and Chris Taylor
University of Manchester

Classification of Linear Structures in Mammographic Images
Reyer Zwiggelaar and Caroline R.M. Boggis
University of Portsmouth and Withington Hospital, Manchester

MR and THz Imaging

Tensor Field Regularisation for DT-MR Images
O. Coulon, D.C. Alexander and S.R. Arridge
University College London

Potential Medical Applications of THz Imaging
James Handley, Anthony Fitzgerald, Torsten Loeffler, Karsten Seibert, Elizabeth Berry and Roger Boyle
University of Leeds and J.W. Goethe-Universitaet, Frankfurt

Image-based EPI Ghost Artifact Reduction Using Iterative Phase Correction
K.J. Lee, D.C. Barber , M.N. Paley, I.D. Wilkinson, N.G. Papadakis and P.D. Griffiths
University of Sheffield and Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield

Cardio-Vascular Image Analysis

Separation and Attachment Point Feature Extraction from 2D Cardiac MR Blood Flow Images
Anil Rao and Duncan Gillies
Imperial College, London

The Measurement of Blood Flow from Dynamic Digital X-Ray Images Using a Weighted Optical Flow Algorithm: Validation in a Moving-Vessel Flow Phantom
Kawal Rhode, Gareth Ennew, Tryphon Lambrou, David Hawkes and Alexander Seifalian
Guy's Hospital, London and The Royal Free Hospital, London

Automated 3D Echocardiography Analysis Compared with Manual Delineations and MUGA
G.J.T. Wright and J.A. Noble
University of Oxford

3D Freehand Ultrasound Left Ventricle Reconstruction from Multiple Acoustic Windows
Xujiong Ye and J. Alison Noble
University of Oxford

Feature Description / Classification

Optimising Statistical Shape Models Using a Minimum Description Length Approach
Rhodri H. Davies, Tim F. Cootes and Chris J. Taylor
University of Manchester

Measurement of Vessel Diameters on Retinal Images for Cardiovascular Studies
Xiaohong Gao, Anil Bharath, Alice Stanton, Alun Hughes, Neil Chapman and Simon Thom
Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London

SIAscopy Assists in the Diagnosis of Melanoma by Utilizing Computer Vision Techniques to Visualise the Internal Structure of the Skin
Marc Moncrieff, Symon Cotton, Per Hall, R. Schiffner, U. Lepski and Ela Claridge
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge; Astron Clinica; University of Birmingham and University of Regensburg

Automatic Recognition of Exudative Maculopathy using Fuzzy C-Means Clustering and Neural Networks
Alireza Osareh, Majid Mirmehdi, Barry Thomas and Richard Markham
University of Bristol and Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol

Analysis of fluorescence ratio profiles in Comparative Genomic Hybridisation using statistical shape models
Asimina Trapatsas, Jim Graham, Claes Lundsteen, Tommy Gerdes and Maria Kirchhoff
University of Manchester and Juliane Marie Center, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen

Image Registration

Intensity-based Registration versus Feature-based Registration for Neurointerventions
Robert A. McLaughlin, John Hipwell, Graeme P. Penney, Kawal Rhode, Albert Chung, J. Alison Noble and David J. Hawkes
University of Oxford and King's College London

Overview of an Ultrasound to CT or MR Registration System for use in Thermal Ablation of Liver Metastases
Graeme P. Penney, Jane M. Blackall, Daichi Hayashi, Tarun Sabharwal, Andreas Adam and David J. Hawkes
Guy's Hospital, London

Segmentation / Structure Analysis

Estimating Local and Global Image Structure using a Gaussian Intensity Model
Abhir Bhalerao and Roland Wilson
University of Warwick

Automatic segmentation of clinical structures for RTP: Evaluation of a morphological approach
Gloria Bueno, Mark Fisher, Keith Burnham, John Mills and Olivier Haas
Universit Louis Pasteur, Illkirch; University of East Anglia; Coventry University; Walsgrave Hospital NHS Trust

Multi-dimensional Medical Image Segmentation with Partial Voluming
M. Pokric, N. A. Thacker, M. L. J. Scott and A. Jackson
University of Manchester

Neurological Image Analysis

Image Recognition With Graph Matching Using Estimation of Distribution Algorithms
Endika Bengoetxea, Pedro Larrañaga, Isabelle Bloch and Aymeric Perchant
University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris

A New automatic Method for Producing Maximum Intensity Venograms From Pre and Post Gd 3D Data
David Brennan, Barrie Condon and Donald M Hadley
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow

Training in Image Description and Diagnosis for MR Radiology of the Brain
Benedict du Boulay, Lisa Cuthbert, Fernando De Andres Garcia, George du Boulay, Nathan Jeffrey, Mike Sharples, Briony Teather, Derek Teather and Emma Whitcombe
University of Sussex; De Montfort University; Institute of Neurology; Birmingham University and Oxford Brookes University

Diagnostic features of Alzheimer's Disease extracted from PET sinograms
A. Sayeed, M. Petrou, N. Spyrou, A. Kadyrov and T. Spinks
University of Surrey and Hammersmith Hospital, London

Poster Session One

Prone-Supine Breast MRI Registration for Surgical Visualisation
Christian Behrenbruch, Kostas Marias, Paul Armitage, Niall Moore, Jane Clarke, Michael Brady
Oxford University; John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and Churchill Hospital, Oxford

Identification and Visualisation of Domain Structure of Experimentally Induced Ventricular Fibrillation
Vadim N Biktashev, Richard H Clayton and Arun V Holden
University of Liverpool and University of Leeds

Non-Parametric Image Subtraction for MRI
P.A. Bromiley, N.A. Thacker and P. Courtney
University of Manchester

Design of Drill Guides for the Thoracic and Cervical Regions of the Spine
Maurizio Cuppone, Bahaa B. Seedhom and Elizabeth Berry
University of Leeds

Image Analysis of Wear in Total Hip Replacements
F.N. Hatfield, R.M. Hall, R.J. King, E. Berry, P. Siney and B.M. Wrobleski
Leeds University and Wrightington Hospital, Wigan

Volume Preserving Elastic Transformation for Local Breast-tissue Quantification
Kostas Marias, Christian Behrenbruch, Ralph Highnam, Michael Brady, Santilal Parbhoo and Alexander Seifalian
Oxford University, University College London and MIRADA Solutions Ltd.

Neurocysticercosis auxiliary diagnosis using Genetic Algorithms and Western Blot Images
Marcos I. Quintana, Julio Solano and Katya Rodriguez
University of Birmingham and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

Specular Reflection Reduction in Context of Skin Pattern Analysis
Zhishun She, M. Dickson, P.J. Fish, A.W.G. Duller and J.C. Bamber
University of Wales; Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton and Conexant Digital Infotainment

A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Noise Reduction in Low-field Magnetic Resonance Imaging
B.K. Woo and E.S. Yang
The University of Hong Kong

Poster Session Two

Background Texture Extraction for the Classification of Mammographic Parenchymal Patterns
Lilian Blot and Reyer Zwiggelaar
University of Portsmouth

Angiogram Video Compression using a Wavelet-based Texture Modelling Approach
David Gibson, George Tsibidis, Michael Spann and Sandra Woolley
University of Birmingham

Automatic Registration and Averaging of Ophthalmic Autofluorescence Images
Keith A. Goatman, A. Manivannan, John H. Hipwell, Peter F. Sharp, Noemi Lois and John V. Forrester
University of Aberdeen

Fast Two-dimensional MR Imaging by Multiple Acquisition with Micro B0 Array (MAMBA)
K.J. Lee, M.N. Paley, I.D. Wilkinson and P.D. Griffiths
University of Sheffield

Level Set Methods for the 3D Segmentation of CT Images of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Derek Magee, Andrew Bulpitt and Elizabeth Berry
University of Leeds

Automatic Mammographic Registration: Towards the Detection of Abnormalities
Robert Marti, Reyer Zwiggelaar and Caroline M.E. Rubin
University of Portsmouth and Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton

Computer Aided Surgery with Lumbar Vertebral Drill-guides, Using Computer Aided Planning, Design and Visualisation
Stanley Porada, Peter A. Millner, Neil Chiverton, Elizabeth Berry and Bahaa B. Seedhom
University of Leeds; St. James's University Hospital, Leeds and Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds

Visual Characterisation of Colon Images
Alison Todman, Raouf N.G. Naguib and Mark K. Bennett
Coventry University; Newcastle University and Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The above papers are presented as Adobe PDF documents and were prepared
from the MIUA'01 conference submissions by Keith Marlow