Geometric Methods in Bio-Medical Image Processing

1 Fast Methods for Shape Extraction in Medical and Biomedical Imaging.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 The Fast Marching Method.- 1.3 Shape Recovery from Medical Images.- 1.4 Results.- References.- 2 A Geometric Model for Image Analysis in Cytology.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Geometric Model for Image Analysis.- 2.3 Segmentation of Nuclei.- 2.4 Segmentation of Nuclei and Cells Using Membrane-Related Protein Markers.- 2.5 Conclusions.- References.- 3 Level Set Models for Analysis of 2D and 3D Echocardiographic Data.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The Geometric Evolution Equation.- 3.3 The Shock-Type Filtering.- 3.4 Shape Extraction.- 3.5 2D Echocardiography.- 3.6 2D + time Echocardiography.- 3.7 3D Echocardiography.- 3.8 3D + time Echocardiography.- 3.9 Conclusions.- References.- 4 Active Contour and Segmentation Models using Geometric PDE's for Medical Imaging.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Description of the Models.- 4.3 Applications to Bio-Medical Images.- 4.4 Concluding Remarks.- References.- 5 Spherical Flattening of the Cortex Surface.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Fast Marching Method on Triangulated Domains.- 5.3 Multi-Dimensional Scaling.- 5.4 Cortex Unfolding.- 5.5 Conclusions.- References.- 6 Grouping Connected Components using Minimal Path Techniques.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Minimal Paths in 2D and 3D.- 6.3 Finding Contours from a Set of Connected Components Rk.- 6.4 Finding a Set of Paths in a 3D Image.- 6.5 Conclusion.- References.- 7 Nonlinear Multiscale Analysis Models for Filtering of 3D + Time Biomedical Images.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Nonlinear Diffusion Equations for Processing of 2D and 3D Still*Images.- 7.3 Space-Time Filtering Nonlinear Diffusion Equations.- 7.4 Numerical Algorithm.- 7.5 Discussion on Numerical Experiments.- 7.6 Preconditioning and Solving of Linear Systems.-References.- Appendix. Color Plates.