Advanced Imaging in Biology and Medicine (eBook, PDF)

Technology, Software Environments, Applications
Redaktion: Sensen, Ch. W.; Hallgrimsson, Benedikt

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Since the invention of X-Ray technology by Konrad Roentgen in 1895, non-invasive imaging technologies are part of the medical and biological tool kit. Today, quite a number of non-invasive imaging technologies exist, from 4-dimensional Ultrasound to Computer Tomography. Almost every individual is subjected to one or more of these technologies during their lifetime. Destructive imaging approaches such as light- and electron microscopy have benefitted from the development of computing algorithms and digital imaging, making them more and more valuable for the study of biological and medical phenomena.

Not only is the number of imaging technologies increasing rapidly, at the same time the strategies and algorithms for image analysis are becoming more and more sophisticated. This book attempts for the first time to provide an overview of the major approaches to biological and medical imaging, the strategies for image analysis and the creation of models, which are based on the results of image analysis. This sets the book aside from the usual monographs, which introduce the reader only to a single technology.

Given the broad range of topics covered, this book provides an overview of the field, which is useful for a wide audience, from physicians and biologists to readers who would like to know more about the technology, which is used to derive diagnoses of diseases today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 445
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783540689935
• Artikelnr.: 37371449

Inhaltsangabe

Imaging Technologies.- Micro-Computed Tomography.- Advanced Experimental Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Freehand 3D Ultrasound Calibration: A Review.- Laser Scanning: 3D Analysis of Biological Surfaces.- Optical Coherence Tomography: Technique and Applications.- Mass Spectrometry-Based Tissue Imaging.- Imaging and Evaluating Live Tissues at the Microscopic Level.- Ultrastructure Imaging: Imaging and Probing the Structure and Molecular Make-Up of Cells and Tissues.- Optical Projection Tomography.- Medical Imaging Modalities - An Introduction.- Software.- Volume Visualization Using Virtual Reality Medical Applications of Volume Rendering in Immersive Virtual Environments.- Surface Modeling.- CAVEman, An Object-Oriented Model of the Human Body.- Image-Based Finite Element Analysis.- Geometric Morphometrics and the Study of Development.- Applications.- Imaging in Audiology.- Applications of Molecular Imaging with MR.- Genomic Data Visualization: The Bluejay System.- Anatomical Imaging and Post-Genomic Biology.- Functional Measures of Therapy Based on Radiological Imaging.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"This book presents an overall picture of newly introduced advanced imaging techniques in life sciences and medicine. ... The book is useful mainly for researchers and graduate students working in developing imaging technologies, imaging software designers, and users of tools for molecular imaging and genomic data handling. ... this book is a positive addition to the scientific literature." (Rao F. H. Khan, Doody's Review Service, April, 2009)

"The purpose of this book is to provide a broad sampling of the rapidly expanding field of advanced imaging in medicine and biology. The book is aimed toward radiologists, medical physicists, scientists in the pharmacologic and biologic industries, and computer software and hardware specialists in this field. Some of the material presented would benefit dermatologists, ophthalmologists, pathologists, cardiologists, veterinarians, geneticists, and virtual reality developers. Trainees in all these specialties would also benefit from this book. ... The chapters are well written ... ." (Aurelio Matamoros Jr., The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, October, 2009)