IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Volume 16

Volume 16, Number 1, February 1997

Emission Tomography

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  Garry Chinn, Sung-Cheng Huang:
  A General Class of Preconditioners for Statistical Iterative Reconstruction of Emission Computed Tomography. 1-10
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  Joseph A. Thie, Gary T. Smith, Karl F. Hubner:
  Linear Least Squares Compartmental-Model-Independent Parameter Identification in PET. 11-16
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  S. R. Goldstein, Margaret E. Daube-Witherspoon, Michael V. Green, Alec Eidsath:
  A Head Motion Measurement System Suitable for Emission Computed Tomography. 17-27

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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  Yali Amit:
  Graphical Shape Templates for Automatic Anatomy Detection with Applications to MRI Brain Scans. 28-40
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  Stephanie Sandor, Richard M. Leahy:
  Surface-Based Labeling of Cortical Anatomy Using a Deformable Atlas. 41-54
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  Yan Zhu, Hong Yan:
  Computerized tumor boundary detection using a Hopfield Neural Network. 55-67

Optical Imaging

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  Jenghwa Chang, Harry L. Graber, Ping Chen Koo, Raphael Aronson, San-Lian S. Barbour, Randall L. Barbour:
  Optical Imaging of Anatomical Maps Derived from Magnetic Resonance Images Using Time-Independent Optical Sources. 68-77
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  Gary L. Hansen, Ephraim M. Sparrow, Jaydeep Y. Kokate, Keith J. Leland, Paul Anthony Iaizzo:
  Wound Status Evaluation Using Color Image Processing. 78-86

X-Ray Cineangiography

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  Milan Sonka, G. K. Reddy, Michael D. Winniford, Steve M. Collins:
  Adaptive Approach to Accurate Analysis of Small-Diameter Vessels in Cineangiograms. 87-95

X-Ray Computed Tomography

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  Jonathan C. Carr, W. Richard Fright, Richard K. Beatson:
  Surface Interpolation with Radial Basis Functions for Medical Imaging. 96-107

Image Segmentation

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  Hemant D. Tagare:
  Deformable 2-D Template Matching Using Orthogonal Curves. 108-117

Correspondence

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  Jerold Warren Wallis, T. R. Miller:
  An Optimal Rotator for Iterative Reconstruction. 118-123
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  Giovanni Sebastiani, Fred Godtliebsen, R. A. Jones, Olav Haraldseth, T. B. Müller, Peter A. Rinck:
  Correction to "Analysis of Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Images". 123-124

Volume 16, Number 2, April 1997

Positron Emission Tomography

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  B. Lipsinski, Hans Herzog, Elena Rota Kops, Walter Oberschelp, Hans-W. Müller-Gärtner:
  Expectation Maximization Reconstruction of Positron Emissino Tomography Images Using Anatomical Magnetic Resonance Information. 129-136
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  Y. Picard, C. J. Thompson:
  Motion Correction of PET Images Using Multiple Acquisition Forms. 137-144
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  Michel Defrise, Paul E. Kinahan, David W. Townsend, Christian Michel, Merence Sibomana, Danny F. Newport:
  Exact and Approximate Rebinning Algorithms for 3-D PET Data. 145-158
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  John M. M. Anderson, Bernard Anthony Mair, Murali Rao, C.-H. Wu:
  Weighted Least-Squares Reconstruction Methods for Positron Emission Tomography. 159-165
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  Jeffrey A. Fessler, Edward P. Ficaro, Neal H. Clinthorne, Kenneth Lange:
  Grouped-Coordinate Ascent Algorithms for Penalized-Likelihood Transmission Image Reconstruction. 166-175

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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  Jagath C. Rajapakse, Jay N. Giedd, Judith L. Rapoport:
  Statistical Approach to Segmentation of Single-Channel Cerebral MR Images. 176-186

Multimodality Image Registration

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  Frederik Maes, André Collignon, Dirk Vandermeulen, Guy Marchal, Paul Suetens:
  Multimodality Image Registration by Maximization of Mutual Information. 187-198

Image Segmentation

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  Anthony J. Yezzi, Satyanad Kichenassamy, Arun Kumar, Peter J. Olver, Allen R. Tannenbaum:
  A Geometric Snake Model for Segmentation of Medical Imagery. 199-209

Optical Tomography

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  Wenwu Zhu, Yao Wang, Yining Deng, Yuqi Yao, Randall L. Barbour:
  A Wavelet-Based Multiresolution Regularized Least Squares Reconstruction Approach for Optical Tomography. 210-217

Correspondence

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  Jens Gregor, Dean A. Huff:
  A Focus-of-Attention Preprocessing Scheme for EM-ML PET Reconstruction. 218-223
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  Klaus Mueller, Roni Yagel, J. Fredrick Cornhill:
  The Weighted-Distance Scheme: A Globally Optimizing Projection Ordering Method for ART. 223-230
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  C. M. Korstjens, R. J. Spruijt, Wil G. M. Geraets, L. Mosekilde, Paul F. van der Stelt:
  Reliability of an Image Analysis System for Quantifying the Radiographic Trabecular Pattern. 230-234

Volume 16, Number 3, June 1997

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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  Régis Guillemaud, Michael Brady:
  Estimating the Bias Field of MR Images. 238-251

Positron Emission Tomography

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  S. Endo, Hinako Toyama, Yuichi Kimura, Kenji Ishii, Michio Senda, Motohiro Kiyosawa, A. Uchryama:
  Mapping Visual Field with Positron Emission Tomography by Mathematical Modeling of the Retinotopic Organization in the Calcarine Cortex. 252-260
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  David G. Barnes, Gary F. Egan, G. O'Keefe, David F. Abbott:
  Characterization of Dynamic 3-D PET Imaging for Functional Brain Mapping. 261-269

Image Sequence Analysis

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  John C. McEachen II, James S. Duncan:
  Shape-Based Tracking of Left Ventricular Wall Motion. 270-283
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  Dimitrios Androutsos, Panos E. Trahanias, Anastasios N. Venetsanopoulos:
  Application of Active Contours for Photochromic Tracer Flow Extraction. 284-293

Functional Imaging

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  Sinisa Pajevic, Stephen L. Bacharach, Richard E. Carson, G. H. Weiss:
  Effects of Time Delay in Cardiac Blood Flow Measurements by Bolus H215O. 294-300

Image Compression

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  Liang Shen, Rangaraj M. Rangayyan:
  A Segmentation-Based Lossless Image Coding Method for High-Resolution Medical Image Compression. 301-307

Image Registration

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  R. J. Althof, M. G. J. Wind, J. T. Dobbins III:
  A Rapid and Automatic Image Registration Algorithms with Subpixel Accuracy. 308-316

ROC Analysis

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  Kevin S. Woods, Kevin W. Bowyer:
  Generating ROC Curves for Artificial Neural Networks. 329-337

Magneto Encephalography

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  J. W. Phillips, Richard M. Leahy, John C. Mosher:
  MEG-Based Imaging of Focal Neuronal Current Sources. 338-348

Image Analysis

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  Martin Fleury, Adrian F. Clark:
  Sampling Concerns in Scanline Algorithms. 349-361

Volume 16, Number 4, August 1997

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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  Edward A. Ashton, Kevin J. Parker, Michel J. Berg, Chang Wen Chen:
  A Novel Volumetric Feature Extraction Technique, with Applications to MR Images. 365-371
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  Douglas C. Noll:
  Multi-Shot Rosette Trajectories for Spectrally Selective MR Imaging. 372-377

3D Cardiac Imaging

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  Juyang Weng, Ajit Singh, M. Y. Chiu:
  Learning-Based Ventricle Detection from Cardiac MR and CT Images. 378-391
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  Patrick Clarysse, Denis Friboulet, Isabelle E. Magnin:
  Tracking Geometrical Descriptors on 3D Deformable Surfaces. Applicaton to the Left-Ventricular Surface of the Heart. 392-404

Positron Emission Tomography

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  Gregory J. Klein, X. Teng, William J. Jagust, Jamie L. Eberling, A. Acharya, Bryan W. Reutter, Ronald H. Huesman:
  A Methodology for Specifying PET Volumes-of-Interest Using Multi- Modality Techniques. 405-415

Ultrasonography

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  Paul F. Stetson, F. Graham Sommer, Albert Macovski:
  Lesion Contrast Enhancement in Medical Ultrasound Imaging. 416-425

Transmission Tomography

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  Tin-Su Pan, Benjamin M. W. Tsui, C. L. Bryne:
  Choice of Initial Conditions in the ML Reconstruction of Fan-Beam Transmission with Truncated Projection Data. 426-438

Electrical Impedance Measurement

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  M. K. Konings, W. P. Th. M. Mali, Max A. Viergever:
  Development of an Intravascular Impedance Catheter for Detection of Fatty Lesions in Arteries. 439-446

Image Registration

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  Calvin R. Maurer Jr., J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Matthew Y. Wang, Robert L. Galloway Jr., Robert J. Maciunas, G. S. Allen:
  Registration of Head Volume Images Using Implantable Fiducial Markers. 447-462

Volume 16, Number 5, October 1997

Editorials

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  Michael W. Vannier:
  TMI Review Policy. IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging 16(5): 465 (1997)
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  Max A. Viergever, Michael W. Vannier:
  TMI Rapid Communications. IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging 16(5): 467 (1997)

Coronary Angiography

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  Andreas K. Klein, Forester Lee, Amir A. Amini:
  Quantitative Coronary Angiography with Deformable Spline Models. 468-482

Digital Mammography

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  Ramachandran Chandrasekhar, Yianni Attikiouzel:
  A Simple Method for Automaticalloy Locating the Nipple on Mammograms. 483-494
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  Jong-Kook Kim, Jeong Mi Park, Koun-Sik Song, Hyun Wook Park:
  Adaptive Mammographic Image Enhancement Using First Derivative and Local Statistics. 495-502
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  John J. Heine, S. R. Deans, D. Kent Cullers, R. Stauduhar, Laurence P. Clarke:
  Multiresolution Statistical Analysis of High-Resolution Digital Mammograms. 503-515

Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

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  David M. Higdon, James E. Bowsher, Valen E. Johnson, Timothy G. Turkington, David R. Gilland, Ronald J. Jaszczak:
  Fully Bayesian Estimation of Gibbs Hyperparameters for Emission Computed Tomography Data. 516-526
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  Jiangsheng You, Shanglian Bao, Zhengrong Liang:
  Benefits of Angular Expression to Reconstruction Algorithms for Collimators with Spatially Varying Focal Lengths. 527-531
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  Andy Welch, R. Clack, Frank Natterer, Grant T. Gullberg:
  Toward Accurate Attenuation Correction in SPECT Without Transmission Measurements. 532-541

Positron Emission Tomography

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  Chung-Lin Huang, Wen-Tsang Chang, Liang-Chih Wu, Jiunn-Kuen Wang:
  Three-Dimensional PET Emission Scan Registration and Transmission Scan Synthesis. 542-561

Electrical Impedance Tomography

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  C. Cohen-Bacrie, Yves Goussard, R. Guardo:
  Regularized Reconstruction in Electrical Impedance Tomography Using a Variance Uniformization Constraint. 562-571
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  M. E. Glidewell, K. T. Ng:
  Anatomically Constrained Electrical Impedance for Three-Dimensional Anisotropic Bodies. 572-580

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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  Daniel Rueckert, Peter Burger, S. M. Forbat, Raad Mohiaddin, Guang-Zhong Yang:
  Automatic Tracking of the Aorta in Cardiovascular MR Images Using Deformable Models. 581-590
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  Keith A. Wear, Kyle J. Myers, Sunder S. Rajan, Laurence W. Grossman:
  Constrained Reconstruction Applied to 2-D Chemical Shift Imaging. 591-597
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  Jayaram K. Udupa, Luogang Wei, Supun Samarasekera, Yukio Miki, Mark A. van Buchem, Robert I. Grossman:
  Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Quantification Using Fuzzy-Connectedness Principles. 598-609
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  Laurent Vérard, Pascal Allain, Jean Marcel Travère, Jean-Claude Baron, Daniel Bloyer:
  Fully Automatic Identification of AC and PC Landmarks on Brain MRI Using Scene Analysis. 610-616
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  Yusuf Ziya Ider, Lutfi Tugan Muftuler:
  Measurement of AC Magnetic Field Distribution Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 617-622
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  Peter A. Freeborough, Nick C. Fox:
  The Boundary Shift Integral: An Accurate and Robust Measure of Cerebral Volume Changes from Registered Repeat MRI. 623-629

Ultrasound Imaging

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  Nan Weng, Yee-Hong Yang, Roger A. Pierson:
  Three-Dimensional Surface Reconstruction Using Optical Flow for Medical Imaging. 630-641
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  Vikram Chalana, Yongmin Kim:
  A Methodology for Evaluation of Boundary Detection Algorithms on Medical Images. 642-652

Dental Imaging

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  S. Keem, M. Elbaum:
  Wavelet Representations for Monitoring Changes in Teeth Imaged with Digital Imaging Fiber-Optic Transillumination. 653-663
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  A. Ardeshir Goshtasby, S. Nambula, W. G. deRijk, S. D. Campbell:
  A System for Digital Reconstruction of Gypsum Dental Casts. 664-674

Correspondence

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  Ronald H. Huesman, Pamela G. Coxson:
  Consolidation of Common Parameters from Multiple Fits in Dynamic PET Data Analysis. 675-683
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  Stefan Weber, Andreas Terstegge, Hans Herzog, R. Reinartz, P. Reinhart, F. Rongen, Hans-W. Müller-Gärtner, Horst Halling:
  The Design of an Animal PET: Flexible Geometry for Achieving Optimal Spatial Resolution or High Sensitivity. 684-689
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  Tuong Ngoc Huynh, Jean Dansereau, Gilles Maurais:
  Development of a Vertebral Endplate 3-D Reconstruction Technique. 689-696

Volume 16, Number 6, December 1997

Papers Optical Imaging

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  A. Okumura, Junji Suzuki, Isao Furukawa, Sadayasu Ono, Tsukasa Ashihara:
  Signal Analysis and Compression Performance Evaluation of Pathological Microscopic Images. 701-710
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  M. Nischik, C. Forster:
  Analysis of Skin Erythema Using True-Color Images. 711-716

Emission Tomography

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  Andy Welch, Grant T. Gullberg:
  Implementation of a Model-Based Nonuniform Scatter Correction Scheme for SPECT. 717-726
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  Jérôme Declerck, Jacques Feldmar, M. L. Gortis, Fabienne Betting:
  Automatic Registration and Alignment on a Template of Cardiac Stress and Rest Reoriented SPECT Images. 727-737
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  Chien-Min Kao, Jeffrey T. Yap, Jogeshwar Mukherjee, Miles N. Wernick:
  Image Reconstruction for Dynamic PET Based on Low-Order Approximation and Restoration of the Sinogram. 738-749
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  Srikanth Sastry, Richard E. Carson:
  Multimodality Bayesian Algorithm for Image Reconstruction in Positron Emission Tomography: A Tissue Composition Model. 750-761

Digital Radiography

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  Jianguo Zhang, H. K. Huang:
  Automatic Background Recognition and Removal (ABRR) in Computed Radiography Images. 762-771
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  Junji Suzuki, Isao Furukawa, Sadayasu Ono, Masayuki Kitamura, Yutaka Ando:
  Contrast Mapping and Evaluation for Electronic X-Ray Images on CRT Display Monitor. 772-784

Digital Mammography

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  Huai Li, K. J. Ray Liu, Shih-Chung Ben Lo:
  Fractal Modeling and Segmentation for the Enhancement of Microcalcifications in Digital Mammograms. 785-798
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  Rangaraj M. Rangayyan, N. M. El-Faramawy, J. E. Leo Desautels, Onsy A. Abdel Alim:
  Measures of Acutance and Shape for Classification of Breast Tumors. 799-810
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  William E. Polakowski, Donald A. Cournoyer, Steven K. Rogers, Martin P. DeSimio, Dennis W. Ruck, Jeffrey W. Hoffmeister, Richard A. Raines:
  Computer-Aided Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis of Masses Using Difference of Gaussians and Derivative-Based Feature Saliency. 811-819

X-Ray Computed Tomography

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  Joseph M. Reinhardt, N. D. D'Souza, Eric A. Hoffman:
  Accurate Measurement of Intrathoracic Airways. 820-839
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  Matthew S. Brown, Michael F. McNitt-Gray, Nicholas J. Mankovich, Jonathan G. Goldin, John Hiller, Laurence S. Wilson, Denise R. Aberle:
  Methods for Segmenting Chest CT Image Data Using an Anatomical Model: Preliminary Results. 828-839

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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  Yudong Zhu, Maria Drangova, Norbert J. Pelc:
  Estimation of Deformation Gradient and Strain from Cine-PC Velocity Data. 840-851
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  P. C. Teo, Guillermo Sapiro, Brian A. Wandell:
  Creating Connected Representations of Cortical Gray Matter for Functional MRI Visualization. 852-863
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  Gary E. Christensen, Sarang C. Joshi, Michael I. Miller:
  Volumetric Transformation of Brain Anatomy. 864-877
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  Karsten Held, Elena Rota Kops, Bernd J. Krause, William M. Wells III, Ron Kikinis, Hans-W. Müller-Gärtner:
  Markov Random Field Segmentation of Brain MR Images. 878-886
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  Soo-Mi Choi, Jae Eun Lee, JongWon Kim, Myoung-Hee Kim:
  Volumetric Object Reconstruction Using the 3-D MRF Model-Based Segmentation. 887-892
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  Yasser M. Kadah, Xiaoping Hu:
  Pseudo-Fourier Imaging (PFI): A Technique for Spatial Encoding in MRI. 893-902
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  David Atkinson, Derek L. G. Hill, Peter N. R. Stoyle, Paul E. Summers, Steven F. Keevil:
  Automatic Correction of Motion Artifacts in Magnetic Resonance Images Using an Entropy Focus Criterion. 903-910
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  Wilburn E. Reddick, John O. Glass, Edwin N. Cook, T. David Elkin, Russell J. Deaton:
  Automated Segmentation and Classification of Multispectral Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brain Using Artificial Neural Networks. 911-918

Digital Angiography

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  Peter Hall, Milton Ngan, Peter Andreae:
  Reconstruction of Vascular Networks Using Three-Dimensional Models. 919-929

Image Analysis

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  Alan I. Penn, Murray H. Loew:
  Estimating Fractal Dimensions with Fractal Interpolation Function Models. 930-937

Correspondence

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  A. Yamani:
  A Novel Pulse-Echo Technique for Medical Three-Dimensional Imaging. 938-942
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  Thorsten Schormann, Karl Zilles:
  Limitations of the Principal-Axes Theory. 942-947
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  Babak A. Ardekani, Jeff Kershaw, Michael Braun, Iwao Kanno:
  Automatic Detection of the Mid-Sagittal Plane in 3-D Brain Images. 947-952
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  Guang-Zhong Yang, David M. Hansell:
  CT Image Enhancement with Wavelet Analysis for the Detection of Small Airways Disease. 953-961