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Handbook of Research on Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Imaging and Biomedical Applications Themis P. Exarchos University of Ioannina, Greece Athanasios Papadopoulos University of Ioannina, Greece Dimitrios I. Fotiadis University of Ioannina, Greece Medical inforMation science reference Hershey • New York Director of Editorial Content: Kristin Klinger Senior Managing Editor: Jamie Snavely Managing Editor: Jeff Ash Assistant Managing Editor: Carole Coulson Typesetter: Kim Barger Cover Design: Lisa Tosheff Printed at: Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200 Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.igi-global.com/reference and in the United Kingdom by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU Tel: 44 20 7240 0856 Fax: 44 20 7379 0609 Web site: http://www.eurospanbookstore.com Copyright © 2009 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without written permission from the publisher. Product or company names used in this set are for identi.cation purposes only. Inclusion of the names of the products or companies does not indicate a claim of ownership by IGI Global of the trademark or registered trademark. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of research on advanced techniques in diagnostic imaging and biomedical applications / Themis P. Exarchos, Athanasios Papadopoulos, and Dimitrios I. Fotiadis, editors. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “This book includes state-of-the-art methodologies that introduce biomedical imaging in decision support systems and their applications in clinical practice”--Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-60566-314-2 (hardcover) 1. Imaging systems in medicine--Data processing--Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Diagnostic imaging--Digital techniques--Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Exarchos, Themis P., 1980- II. Papadopoulos, Athanasios, 1971- III. Fotiadis, Dimitrios Ioannou. [DNLM: 1. Diagnostic Imaging--methods--Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Diagnostic Imaging--trends. 3. Image Processing, Computer- Assisted--methods. WN 180 H2365 2009] R857.O6H367 2009 616.07’54--dc22 2008050005 British Cataloguing in Publication Data A Cataloguing in Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. All work contributed to this book is new, previously-unpublished material. The views expressed in this book are those of the authors, but not necessarily of the publisher. Editorial Advisory Board Peter Kokol, University of Maribor, Slovenia Lhenka Lhotska, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus , Cyprus Konstantinos N. Malizos, University of Thessalia, Greece Apostolos H. Karantanas, University Hospital, Stavrakia, Heraklion, Greece Lena Kostaridou, University of Patras, Greece George Panayiotakis, University of Patras, Greece List of Contributors Arabadjis, D. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ....................................................351 Arfanakis, Konstantinos / Illinois Institute of Technology, USA ........................................................90 Arikidis, Nikolaos / University of Patras, Greece .............................................................................142 Bougias, Charalambos / University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece ..................................................229 Bourantas, Christos V. / Michailideion Cardiology Center, Greece & University of Hull, UK .........48 Bui, Alex A. T. / University of California, Los Angeles, USA ..............................................................18 Charrier, C. / Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France ..........................................................320 Chatziioannou, Aristotelis / National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece ................................278 Christodoulou, C. I. / University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus ..........................................................160 Cobbold, Richard S. C. / University of Toronto, Canada .................................................................373 Costaridou, Lena / University of Patras, Greece ..............................................................................142 Dawe, Robert J. / Illinois Institute of Technology, USA ......................................................................90 Delgorge-Rosenberger, C. / Université d’Orléans, France ..............................................................447 Dimou, Ioannis N. / Technical University of Crete, Greece ..................................................................1 Doukas, Charalampos / University of the Aegean, Samos, Greece ..................................................460 Elie, H. / Centre Hospitalier Public du Cotentin, France .................................................................320 Elmotataz, A. / Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France ........................................................320 Falcón-Ruiz, Alexander / Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba ...............................................426 Fotiadis, Dimitrios I. / Michailideion Cardiology Center, Greece........................................................48 Fotiadis, Dimitrios I. / University of Ioannina, Greece ....................................108, 229, 247, 294, 307 Gangl, Alfred / Medical University of Vienna, Austria ......................................................................335 Georgiadis, John G. / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA .........................................90 Georgoulias, Panagiotis / University of Thessaly, Greece ................................................................213 Giannakeas, Nikolaos / University of Ioannina, Greece ...................................................................294 Giannoula, Alexia / University of Toronto, Canada ..........................................................................373 Golemati, Spyretta / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ..............................................34 Häfner, Michael / Medical University of Vienna, Austria ................................................................335 Hernández-Pacheco, Denis / Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba ..........................................426 Herrmann, J. Michael / University of Edinburgh, UK .......................................................................76 Hsu, William / University of California, Los Angeles, USA ................................................................18 Kakkos, S. / University of Patras Medical School, Greece ...............................................................160 Kangarloo, Hooshang / University of California, Los Angeles, USA .................................................18 Karahaliou, Anna / University of Patras, Greece .............................................................................142 Karampinos, Dimitrios C. / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA ...............................90 Karvelis, Petros S. / University of Ioannina, Greece ................................................................108, 307 Kilindris, Thomas V. / University of Thessaly, Greece .....................................................................197 Koutlas, Anastasios / University of Ioannina, Greece ......................................................................247 Kyriacou, Eftyvoulos / Frederick University, Cyprus ...............................................................160, 181 Lebrun, G. / Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France ............................................................320 Lecluse, M. / Centre Hospitalier Public du Cotentin, France ...........................................................320 Lezoray, O. / Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France ..........................................................320 Liedlgruber, Michael / Salzburg University, Austria ........................................................................335 Loizou, C. / Intercollege, Cyprus .......................................................................................................160 Loudos, George / Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece ........................................213 Loumou, P. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ........................................................351 Lowe, David / University of Aston, UK .................................................................................................1 Maglogiannis, Ilias / University of Central Greece, Lamia, Greece .................................................460 Mainardi, Luca Tommaso / Politecnico di Milano, Italy .................................................................126 Matsopoulos, George K. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ...................................407 Merla, Arcangelo / Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies (ITAB), Foundation G. d’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy, and G. d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy ....263 Meurie, C. / INRETS-LEOST, France ...............................................................................................320 Michalis, Lampros K. / Michailideion Cardiology Center, Greece ....................................................48 Mougiakakou, Stavroula G. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ...............................60 Moulos, Panagiotis / National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece ............................................278 Naka, Katerina K. / Michailideion Cardiology Center, Greece..........................................................48 Neofytou, Marios / University of Cyprus, Cyprus .............................................................................181 Nicolaides, A. / Imperial College, London, UK .................................................................................160 Nikita, Alexandra / University of Athens, Greece & DIAKENTRO, Diagnostic Imaging Center for the Woman and the Child, Greece ............................................................................................60 Nikita, Konstantina S. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ..........................34, 60, 213 Orozco-Monteagudo, Maykel / Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba ......................................426 Panagopoulos, M. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece .............................................351 Panayiotakis, George / University of Patras, Greece .......................................................................142 Papaodysseus, C. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ...............................................351 Passera, Katia Marina / Politecnico di Milano, Italy .......................................................................126 Pattichis, Constantinos / University of Cyprus, Cyprus ...........................................................160, 181 Pattichis, Marios / University of New Mexico, USA .................................................................160, 181 Rosenberger, C. / GREYC – ENSICAEN – Université Caen Basse Normandie – CNRS, France ....447 Rousopoulos, P. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ................................................351 Russo, Valentina / University La Sapienza, Italy ..............................................................................392 Sahba, Farhang / Medical Imaging Analyst, Canada .......................................................................473 Sahli, Hichem / Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium..........................................................................426 Setola, Roberto / University CAMPUS Bio-Medico, Italy ................................................................392 Skiadopoulos, Spyros / University of Patras, Greece .......................................................................142 Stoitsis, John / National Technical University of Athens, Greece .......................................................34 Taboada-Crispi, Alberto / Universidad Central de Las Villas, Cuba...............................................426 Taira, Ricky K. / University of California, Los Angeles, USA ............................................................18 Tanos, Vasilios / Aretaeion Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus ......................................................................181 Theodoropoulos, G. / Agricultural University of Athens, Greece .....................................................351 Theodorou, Kiki / University of Thessaly, Greece ....................................................................197, 213 Tripoliti, Evanthia E. / University of Ioannina, Greece ...................................................................229 Tsalikakis, Dimitrios G. / University of Ioannina, Greece ...............................................................108 Tsiknakis, Manolis / Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion Crete, Greece ........1 Tsougos, Ioannis / University of Thessaly, Greece ............................................................................213 Uhl, A. / Salzburg University, Austria ................................................................................................335 Valavanis, Ioannis K. / National Technical University of Athens, Greece ..........................................60 Vécsei, Andreas / St. Anna Children’s Hospital, Austria ...................................................................335 Veliou, Konstantia / Magnetic Tomography of Epirus, Greece ........................................................229 Voultsidou, Marotesa / University of Crete, Greece ...........................................................................76 Wrba, Friedrich / Medical University of Vienna, Austria .................................................................335 Zervakis, Michalis E. / Technical University of Crete, Greece .............................................................1 Table of Contents Preface ..............................................................................................................................................xxvi Chapter I Computational Methods and Tools for Decision Support in Biomedicine: An Overview of Algorithmic Challenges .....................................................................................................................1 Ioannis N. Dimou, Technical University of Crete, Greece Michalis E. Zervakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece David Lowe, University of Aston, UK Manolis Tsiknakis, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion Crete, Greece Chapter II Integrating Imaging and Clinical Data for Decision Support ...............................................................18 William Hsu, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Alex A. T. Bui, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Ricky K. Taira, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Hooshang Kangarloo, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Chapter III Analysis and Quantification of Motion within the Cardiovascular System: Implications for the Mechanical Strain of Cardiovascular Structures ............................................................................34 Spyretta Golemati, National Technical University of Athens, Greece John Stoitsis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Konstantina S. Nikita, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Chapter IV New Developments in Intracoronary Ultrasound Processing ..............................................................48 Christos V. Bourantas, Michailideion Cardiology Center, Greece & University of Hull, UK Katerina K. Naka, Michailideion Cardiology Center, Greece Dimitrios I. Fotiadis, Michailideion Cardiology Center, Greece Lampros K. Michalis, Michailideion Cardiology Center, Greece Chapter V Diagnostic Support Systems and Computational Intelligence: Differential Diagnosis of Hepatic Lesions from Computed Tomography Images ...................................................................60 Stavroula G. Mougiakakou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Ioannis K. Valavanis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Alexandra Nikita, University of Athens, Greece & DIAKENTRO, Diagnostic Imaging Center for the Woman and the Child, Greece Konstantina S. Nikita, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Chapter VI Significance Estimation in fMRI from Random Matrices ....................................................................76 Marotesa Voultsidou, University of Crete, Greece J. Michael Herrmann, University of Edinburgh, UK Chapter VII Optimal Diffusion Encoding Strategies for Fiber Mapping in Diffusion MRI ....................................90 Dimitrios C. Karampinos, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Robert J. Dawe, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Konstantinos Arfanakis, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA John G. Georgiadis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Chapter VIII Segmentation of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Images ......................................................................108 Dimitrios G. Tsalikakis, University of Ioannina, Greece Petros S. Karvelis, University of Ioannina, Greece Dimitrios I. Fotiadis, University of Ioannina, Greece Chapter IX Image Registration Algorithms for Applications in Oncology ...........................................................126 Katia Marina Passera, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Luca Tommaso Mainardi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Chapter X Computer-Aided Diagnosis in Breast Imaging: Trends and Challenges ............................................142 Lena Costaridou, University of Patras, Greece Spyros Skiadopoulos, University of Patras, Greece Anna Karahaliou, University of Patras, Greece Nikolaos Arikidis, University of Patras, Greece George Panayiotakis, University of Patras, Greece Chapter XI Assessment of Stroke by Analysing Carotid Plaque Morphology ......................................................160 E. Kyriacou, Frederick University, Cyprus C. I. Christodoulou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus C. Loizou, Intercollege, Cyprus M.S. Pattichis, University of New Mexico, USA C.S. Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus S. Kakkos, University of Patras Medical School, Greece A. Nicolaides, Imperial College, UK Chapter XII Quantitative Analysis of Hysteroscopy Imaging in Gynaecological Cancer ......................................181 Marios Neofytou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Vasilios Tanos, Aretaeion Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico, USA Eftyvoulos Kyriacou, Frederick University, Cyprus Chapter XIII Combining Geometry and Image in Biomedical Systems: The RT TPS Case ...................................197 Thomas V. Kilindris, University of Thessaly, Greece Kiki Theodorou, University of Thessaly, Greece Chapter XIV Internal Radionuclide Dosimetry using Quantitative 3-D Nuclear Medical Imaging ........................213 Ioannis Tsougos, University of Thessaly, Greece George Loudos, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece Panagiotis Georgoulias, University of Thessaly, Greece Konstantina S. Nikita, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Kiki Theodorou, University of Thessaly, Greece Chapter XV Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Fiber Tractography ............................................................................229 Evanthia E. Tripoliti, University of Ioannina, Greece Dimitrios I. Fotiadis, University of Ioannina, Greece Konstantia Veliou, Magnetic Tomography of Epirus, Greece Charalambos Bougias, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece Chapter XVI Image Processing and Machine Learning Techniques for Facial Expression Recognition ................247 Anastasios Koutlas, University of Ioannina, Greece Dimitrios I. Fotiadis, University of Ioannina, Greece

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