Yearb Med Inform 2002; 11(01): 118-130
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638137
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Model-enhanced neuroimaging: clinical, research, and educational applications

W. L. Nowinski
1   Medical Imaging Lab Kent Ridge Digital Labs Singapore
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Address of the author:

Wieslaw L. Nowinski, DSc, PhD
Medical Imaging Lab
Kent Ridge Digital Labs
21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
119613 Singapore

Publication History

Publication Date:
05 March 2018 (online)

 

 


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Address of the author:

Wieslaw L. Nowinski, DSc, PhD
Medical Imaging Lab
Kent Ridge Digital Labs
21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
119613 Singapore

  • References

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  • 5 Bajcsy R, Lieberson R. and Reivich M. A computerized system for elastic matching of deformed radiographic images to idealized atlas images. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1983; 7 (06) 618-25.
  • 6 Bajcsy R, Kovacic S. Multiresolution elastic matching. Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing 1989; 46: 1-21.
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  • 8 Bohm C, Greitz T, Eriksson L. A computerized adjustable brain atlas. Eur J Nucl Med 1983; 15: 687-9.
  • 9 Bookstein F. Principal warps: thin-plate splines and the decomposition of deformations. IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence 1989; 11 (06) 567-85.
  • 10 Brown LG. A survey of image reconstruction techniques. ACM Computing Surveys 1992; 24 (04) 325-76.
  • 11 Collins DL, Neelin P, Peters TM, Evans AC. Automatic 3D intersubject registration of MR volumetric data into standardized Talairach space. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1994; 18 (02) 192-205.
  • 12 Collins DL, Evans AC. Animal: validation and application of non-liner registrationbased segmentation. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence 1997; 11: 1271-94.
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  • 14 Clarke LP, Velthuizen RP, Camacho MA, Heine JJ, Vaidyanathan M, Hall LO, Thatcher RW, Silbiger ML. MRI segmentation: methods and applications. Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 13 (03) 334-68.
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  • 24 Gee JC, Reivich M, Bajcsy R. Elastically deforming an atlas to match anatomical brain images. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1993; 17 (02) 225-36.
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  • 27 Grachev D, Berdichevsky D, Rauch SL, Heckers S, Kennedy DN, Caviness VS. et al. A method for assessing the accuracy of intersubject registration of the human brain using anatomic landmarks. Neuroimage 1999; Feb 9 (02) 250-68.
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  • 33 Kapur T, Grimson WEL, Wells III WM, Kikinis R. Segmentation of brain tissue from magnetic resonance images. Med Image Anal 1996; 1 (02) 109-27.
  • 34 Kazarnovskaya I M, Borodkin SM, Shabalov VA, Krivosheina VY, Golanov AV. 3-D computer model of subcortical structures of human brain. Comput Biol Med 1991; 21 (06) 451-7.
  • 35 Kikinis R, Shenton ME, Iosifescu DV. et al. A digital brain atlas for surgical planning, model-driven segmentation, and teaching. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 1996; 2 (03) 232-41.
  • 36 Kockro RA, Serra L, Yeo TT, Chan C, Sitoh YY, Chua GG. et al. Planning and simulation of neurosurgery in a virtual reality environment. Neurosurgery 2000; 46 (01) 118-37.
  • 37 Kraus GE, Bailey GJ. Microsurgical Anatomy of the Brain. A Stereo Atlas. Baltimore: Wiliams & Wilkins; 1994
  • 38 Lancaster JL, Woldorff MG, Parsons LM, Liotti M, Freitas CS, Rainey L. et al. Automated Talairach atlas labels for functional brain mapping. Hum Brain Mapp 2000; 10 (03) 120-31.
  • 39 Lehmann ED, Hawkes D, Hill D, Bird CF, Robinson GP, Colchester AC. et al. Computer-aided interpretation of SPECT images of the brain using an MRI-derived neuroanatomic atlas. Med Inform 1991; 16: 151-66.
  • 40 Levoy M. Display of surfaces from volume data. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 1988; 8 (05) 29-37.
  • 41 Lorensen W, Cline H. Marching cubes: a high resolution3Dsurfaceconstructionalgorithm. Comput Graph 1987; 21: 163-9.
  • 42 Maintz JBA, Viergever MA. A survey of medical image registration. Med Image Anal 1998; 2 (01) 1-36.
  • 43 Martin J. Neuroanatomy. Text and Atlas. Norwalk: Appleton & Lange; 1989
  • 44 Mazziotta JC, Toga AW, Evans AC, Fox P, Lancaster J. A probabilistic atlas of the human brain: theory and rationale for its development. Neuro Image 1995; 2: 89-101.
  • 45 Mazziotta JC. Imaging: window on the brain. Arch Neurol 2000; 57 (10) 1413-21.
  • 46 McInerney T, Terzopoulos D. Deformable models in medical image analysis: a survey. Med Image Anal 1996; 1 (02) 91-108.
  • 47 McMinn RMH, Hutchings RT, Pegington J, Abrahams P. Color Atlas of Human Anatomy. 3rd ed. Mosby Year Book. St. Louis; 1993
  • 48 Netter FH. The CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations. Vol 1: Nervous System. CIBA. 1991
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  • 50 Niemann K, van den Boom R, Haeselbarth K, Afshar F. A brainstem stereotactic atlas in a three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging navigation system: first experiences with atlas-to-patient registration. J Neurosurg 1999; 90 (05) 891-901.
  • 51 Niemann K, van Nieuwenhofen I. One atlas-three anatomies: relationships of the Schaltenbrand and Wahren microscopic data. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1999; 141 (010) 1025-38.
  • 52 Nowinski WL, Ho WC. Generalized transfer functions and their use for three-dimensional neuroimaging. Proc SPIE Medical Imaging 1994: Image Capture, Formatting, and Display, Newport Beach, CA, USA, February. 1994. SPIE Vol.2164 34-45.
  • 53 Nowinski WL, Bryan RN, Raghavan R. The Electronic Clinical Brain Atlas. Multiplanar Navigation of the Human Brain. New York – Stuttgart: Thieme; 1997
  • 54 Nowinski WL, Fang A, Nguyen BT, Raphel JK, Jagannathan L, Raghavan R. et al. Multiple brain atlas database and atlas-based neuroimaging system. Comput Aid Surg 1997; 2 (01) 42-66.
  • 55 Nowinski WL. Anatomical targeting in functional neurosurgery by the simultaneous use of multiple Schaltenbrand-Wahren brain atlas microseries. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 1998; 71: 103-16.
  • 56 Nowinski WL, Yeo TT, Thirunavuukarasuu A. Microelectrode-guided functional neurosurgery assisted by Electronic Clinical Brain Atlas CD-ROM. Comput Aid Surg 1998; 3 (03) 115-22.
  • 57 Nowinski WL. Analysis of medical images by means of brain atlases. Computer Graphics and Vision 1999; 8 (03) 449-468.
  • 58 Nowinski WL, Thirunavuukarasuu A. Methods and apparatus for processing medical images. Patent application PCT/SG00/00185. 2000
  • 59 Nowinski WL, Thirunavuukarasuu A, Kennedy DN. Brain Atlas for Functional Imaging. Clinical and Research Applications. New York – Stuttgart: Thieme; 2000
  • 60 Nowinski WL, Yang GL, Yeo TT. Computer-aided stereotactic functional neurosurgery enhanced by the use of the multiple brain atlas database. IEEE Trans Med Imaging 2000; 19 (01) 62-9.
  • 61 Nowinski WL. Thirunavuukarasuu A, Srinivasan R. Brain atlas for neuroradiology. Scientific Program, 86thRadiological Society of North America Annual Meeting, Nov-Dec. Chicago: IL, USA, Supplement to Radiology; 2000. 217 (P) 620
  • 62 Nowinski WL. Computerized atlases for surgery of movement disorders. Seminars in Neurosurgery 2001; 12 (02) 183-94.
  • 63 Nowinski WL. Electronic brain atlases: features and applications. In Caramella D, Bartolozzi C. editors 3D Image Processing: Techniques and Clinical Applications. Medical Radiology series, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag; 2002
  • 64 Nowinski WL. Modified Talairach landmarks. Acta Neurochir 2001; 143 (10) 1045-57.
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