Cardiovascular Imaging and Image Analysis

This book covers the state-of-the-art approaches for?automated non-invasive systems for early cardiovascular disease diagnosis.It includes several prominent imaging modalities such as MRI, CT, and PET technologies. There is a special emphasis placed on automated imaging analysis techniques, which are important to biomedical imaging analysis of the cardiovascular system. Novel 4D based approach is a unique characteristic of this product. This is a comprehensive multi-contributed reference work that will detail the latest developments in spatial, temporal, and functional cardiac imaging.?The main aim of this book is to help advance scientific research within the broad field of?early detection of cardiovascular disease. This book focuses on major trends and challenges in this area, and it presents work aimed to identify new techniques and their use in biomedical image analysis. Key Features: Includes state-of-the art 4D cardiac image analysis Explores the aspect of automated segmentation of cardiac CT and MR images utilizing both 3D and 4D techniques Provides a novel procedure for improving full-cardiac strain estimation in 3D image appearance characteristics Includes extensive references at the end of each chapter to enhance further study Additional ISBNs1138749788, 149879758X, 0429441495, 9781138749788, 9781498797580, 9780429441493Cardiovascular Imaging and Image Analysis 1st Edition and published by CRC Press. ISBNs for Cardiovascular Imaging and Image Analysis are 9780429806223, 0429806221 and the print ISBNs are 9781498797580, 149879758X. Additional ISBNs include 1138749788, 149879758X, 0429441495, 9781138749788, 9781498797580, 9780429441493.