E. Neri • D. Caramella • C. Bartolozzi (Eds.)

in Radiology

With Contributions by

A. J. Aschoff • E. Balogh • C. Bartolozzi • A. Bardine • V. Battaglia • CR. Becker R. Beichel • W. Birkfellner • A. Blum-Moyse • P. Boraschi • A. Bornik • E. Bozzi • C. Capelli D. Caramella • C. Cecchi • F. Cerri • K. Cleary • A. Cotton • L. Crocetti • C.N. De Cecco C. Della Pina • A. H. de Vries • F. Donati • R. Ferrari • G. Fichtinger • G. Galatola T.M. Gallo • S.J. Golding • F. Iafrate • A.Jackson • N.W.John • S. Karampekios J. Kettenbach • G. Kronreif • A. Laghi • L. Landini • C. Laudi • R. Lencioni • F. Lindbichler M. Macari • P. Macheshi • S. Mazeo • B. Meyer • A. Melzer • E. Neri • L. Nyül • K. Palägyi V. Panebianco • P. Paolantonio • N. Papanikolaou • N. Popovic • V. Positano • D. Regge B. Reitinger • M. Rieger • P. Rogalla • A. Ruppert • S. Salemi • M.F. Santarelli • B. Sauer I. W. O. Serli • M. Sonka • E. Sorantin • S. M. Stivaros • D. Stoianovici • J. Stoker • V. Tartaglia B.M. ter Haar Romeny • N.A.Thacker • F. Turini • P. Vagli • A.Vilanova i Bartroli T.W. Vornweg • F.M.Vos • S.R. Watt-Smith • G. Werkgartner • H. Yoshida

Foreword by

A.L.Baert

With 297 Figures in 544 Separate Illustrations, 224 in Color and 44 Tables

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Contents

Technical Basis of Image Processing

1 US Image Acquisition

ELENA BOZZI, LAURA CROCETTI, and RICCARDO LENCIONI 3

2 3D MRI Acquisition: Technique

NICKOLAS PAPANIKOLAOU and SPYROS KARAMPEKIOS 15

3 MDCT Image Acquisition to Enable Optimal 3D Data Evaluation

M I C H A E L MACARI 27

4 Segmentation of Radiological Images

NIGEL W. JOHN 45

5 Elaboration of the Images in the Spatial Domain. 2D Graphics

PAOLO M A R C H E S C H I 55

6 3D Medical Image Processing

LUIGI LANDINI , VINCENZO POSITANO, and M A R I A FILOMENA SANTARELLI . . . . 67

7 Virtual Endoscopy

PAOLA VAGLI, EMANUELE N E R I , FRANCESCA TURINI , FRANCESCA C E R R I ,

CLAUDIA CECCHI , ALEX BARDINE, and DAVIDE CARAMELLA 87

8 3D Image Fusion

ALAN JACKSON, N E I L A. THACKER, and STAVROS M. STIVAROS 101

9 Image Processing on Diagnostic Workstations

BART M. TER H A A R ROMENY 123

Image Processing: Clinical Applications

10 Temporal Bone

PAOLA VAGLI, FRANCESCA TURINI , FRANCESCA C E R R I , and EMANUELE N E R I . . . 137

11 Virtual Endoscopy of the Paranasal Sinuses

JOACHIM KETTENBACH, WOLFGANG BIRKFELLNER, and PATRIK ROGALLA 151

12 Dental and Maxillofacial Applications

STEPHEN J. GOLDING and STEPHEN R. W A T T - S M I T H 173

13 Virtual Laryngoscopy

JOACHIM KETTENBACH, WOLFGANG BIRKFELLNER, E R I C H SORANTIN,

and A N D R I K J. ASCHOFF 183

14 Thorax

H E N N I N G MEYER and PATRIK ROGALLA 199

15 Cardiovascular Applications

C H R I S T O P H R. BECKER 209

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16 From the Esophagus to the Small Bowel

FRANCO IAFRATE, PASQUALE PAOLANTONIO, CARLO NICOLA D E CECCO,

RICCARDO F E R R A R I , VALERIA PANEBIANCO, and A N D R E A LAGHI 221

17 CT and MR Colonography

DANIELE REGGE, TERESA M A R I A GALLO, CRISTIANA LAUDI,

GIOVANNI GALATOLA, and VINCENZO TARTAGLIA 239

18 Techniques of Virtual Dissection of the Colon Based on Spiral CT Data

ERICH SORANTIN, EMESE BALOGH, A N N A VILANOVA I BARTROLI,

K Ä L M Ä N PALÄGYI, LÄSZLÖ G. NYÜL, FRANZ LINDBICHLER,

and A N D R E A RUPPERT 257

19 Unfolded Cube Projection of the Colon

AYSO H. DE VRIES , FRANS M. VOS, IWO W. O. SERLIE, and JAAP STOKER 269

20 Liver

LAURA CROCETTI, ELENA BOZZI, CLOTILDE DELLA PINA, RICCARDO LENCIONI,

and CARLO BARTOLOZZI 277

21 Pancreas

SALVATORE M A Z Z E O , VALENTINA BATTAGLIA, CARLA CAPPELLI 293

22 Biliary Tract

PIERO BORASCHI and FRANCESCAMARIA DONATI 303

23 Urinary Tract

PIERO BORASCHI, FRANCESCAMARIA DONATI, and SIMONETTA SALEMI 317

24 Musculoskeletal System

A N N E COTTON, BENOIT SAUER, and A L A I N BLUM-MOYSE 329

Special Topics

25 Clinical Applications of 3D Imaging in Emergencies

M I C H A E L RIEGER 345

26 Computer Aided Diagnosis: Clinical Applications in the Breast

TONI W. VOMWEG 355

27 Computer Aided Diagnosis: Clinical Applications in CT Colonography

HIROYUKI YOSHIDA and A B R A H A M H. DACHMAN 375

28 Ultrasound-, CT-and MR-Guided Robot-Assisted Interventions

JOACHIM KETTENBACH, GERNOT KRONREIF , ANDREAS MELZER,

GABOR FICHTINGER, DAN STOIANOVICI, and K E V I N CLEARY 393

29 Virtual Liver Surgery Planning

ERICH SORANTIN, GEORG WERKGARTNER, R E I N H A R D BEICHEL,

ALEXANDER BORNIK, BERNHARD REITINGER, NIKOLAUS POPOVIC,

and M I L A N SONKA 411

List of Acronyms 419

Subject Index 421

List of Contributors 429