PROGRESS IN BIOMEDICAL OPTICS AND IMAGING

PROGRESS IN BIOMEDICAL OPTICS

AND

IMAGING

Milan

Sonka

Kenneth

M. Hanson

Chairs/Editors

19-22

February

2001

San

_Diego,

USA

Sponsored

andPublished

_by

SPIE—The International

_Society

for

Optical Engineering

Cooperating

Organizations

AAPM—AmericanAssociation of

_Physicists

in Medicine

APS—American

_{Physiological}

Society

FDA Center for Devices and

Radiological

Health

(USA)

IS&T—The

_Society

for

Imaging

Science and

_Technology

NEMA—National Electrical Manufacturers

_{Association/Diagnostic}

Imaging

and

_Therapy

Systems

Division

(USA)

RSNA—Radiological Society

of North America

SCAR—Society

for

_{Computer Applications}

in

_Radiology

(USA)

Vol.

2,

No. 27

Medical

_Imaging

2001

Proceedings

of SPIE

Volume4322

Part Three ofThree Parts

SPIE isan international technical

_society

dedicated to

advancing engineering

and scientific

Part Three

POSTER SESSION: SEGMENTATION, DEFORMABLE GEOMETRY, REGISTRATION, AND COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS

1199 Cardiacimage

segmentation

using

spatiotemporal

clustering[4322-137] S. Galic, Ericcson NikolaTesla (Croatia); S. Loncaric, Univ. of _{Zagreb (Croatia)}

1207 Automatic detectionofthe

_myocardial

boundaries of the

right

and left ventriclesin MR cardio

perfusion

scans[4322-138]

L. J. Spreeuwers, Univ. MedicalCtr. Utrecht (Netherlands); M. M. Breeuwer, Philips Medical

Systems (Netherlands)

1218 Procedure todetectanatomical structures in

_optical

fundus images [4322-140]

L. Gagnon,M. Lalonde, M.Beaulieu, Computer Research Institute of Montreal(Canada);

M.-C. Boucher, Maisonneuve-Rosemont

Hospital

(Canada)

1226

_{Morphological}

textureassessmentof oral boneasa

screening

tool forosteoporosis

[4322-141]

M.Analoui, H.

_Eggertsson,

Indiana Univ.School ofDentistry (USA); G. Eckert, Indiana Univ.

School of Medicine(USA)

1234 Fusion for optimal path

recovering

in cerebral x-ray

angiography

(HonorableMentionPoster)

[4322-142]

C. Boldak,

Polytechnic

Institute ofBialystok (Poland)and Univ.de Rennes I (France);

C. Toumoulin, J.-L. Coatrieux, Univ. deRennes I (France)

1243 Automated detection of

midsagittal

plane in MR imagesof the head [4322-143]

D. Wang, J. B. Chalk, D. M. Doddrell, Univ. of Queensland (Australia); J.

_Semple,

SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (UK)

1254 Stent detection forpresentation

by overlay

in injectedx-ray cardiac images [4322-144] V. Courboulay, M. _Eboueya, M. Menard, P. Courtellemont, Univ. de La Rochelle(France);

R. Vaillant, GE MedicalSystems (France); D. Coisne, Ctr. Hospitalier Univ. de Poitiers (France)

1264 Automatic bone-free rendering of cerebralaneurysmsvia 3D CTA[4322-145]

P. K. Saha, Univ. of

_Pennsylvania

(USA);J. M. Abrahams,Univ. of Pennsylvania

Hospital

(USA); J. K.

_Udupa,

Univ. of Pennsylvania (USA)

1273 Semiautomatic bone removal

_technique

from CT angiographydata [4322-146]

A. M. Alyassin, GEResearch &

_Development

Ctr. (USA); G. B. Avinash,GE Medical

_Systems

(USA)

1284 Extraction of the contours of leftventricularcavity

according

with thosetraced bymedical doctors from left

_{ventriculograms}

_usinga neuraledge detector[4322-147]

K. Suzuki, I. Horiba, Aichi Prefectural Univ. _(Japan); N. _{Sugie, Meijo} Univ. (Japan); M. Nanki, Chubu Rosai Hospital (Japan)

1296

_Segmentation

of bone and soft tissue _regions in digital

radiographic images

of extremities

[4322-148]

S. K. Pakin, Univ. of Rochester (USA); R. S.

_Gaborski,

Rochester Institute of

_Technology

(USA);

L. L. _Barski, D. H. Foos, Eastman Kodak Co. (USA); K. J.

_Parker,

Univ. of Rochester(USA)

1303 RBF network with

_cylindrical

coordinate features for multispectralMRI segmentation

[4322-149]

0. _{Yanez-Suarez,} R. _Valdes, V. _Medina, Univ. Autonoma

_{Metropolitana}

Iztapalapa (Mexico);

F. A. Barrios, Univ. Nacional Autonoma deMexico

1311 Real-time retinaltrackingfor laser treatment

_planning

and administration [4322-150]

N. H.

_Solouma,

A.-B. M. _Youssef, Y. A. Badr, Y. M. Kadah, Cairo Univ.

_(Egypt)

1322 Extraction of coronaryarteries

by

using a_{sequence of x-ray}angiographic

images

[4322-151]

C.-Y. _Lin, Y.-T. Ching, National Chiao

_Tung

Univ. (Taiwan);S. Y. J. _Chen, Univ. ofColorado/

Denver(USA)

1329 Vascularsegmentation

algorithm

using

locally

adaptive region growingbasedon centerline

estimation (Honorable Mention Poster) [4322-152]

J. Yi,J. B. Ra, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and

_Technology

1337 _Segmentationof medical

_{images using adaptive}

region growing [4322-153] R.

_Pohle,

K. D. _Toennies, Otto-von-GuerickeUniv. _{Magdeburg (Germany)}

1347 _Segmentationof ulcerated plaque: evaluation and optimization of a semiautomatic method

fortrackingthe progressionof carotid atherosclerosis [4322-154]

J. D.

_Gill,

H. M. _Ladak, A. Fenster, John P. Robarts Research Institute (Canada) and Univ. of Western Ontario (Canada)

1357 _{Local-cost computation}for efficientsegmentation of 3Dobjects with live wire [4322-156]

A. Schenk, G. P. _Prause, H.-O. Peitgen, MeVis Ctr. for Medical _{Diagnostic Systems}and

Visualization/Univ. Bremen _(Germany)

1365 Automated detection ofvenous

beading

in retinal _images [4322-157]

S. C. Lee, Univ. of Oklahoma (USA); Y.

_Wang,

Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Ctr. _(USA);

W. Tan, Univ. of Oklahoma (USA)

1373 Retinal blood vessel detection

_{using frequency analysis}

and

_{local-mean-interpolation}

filters

[4322-158]

W. _Tan, Univ. of Oklahoma _(USA); Y. _Wang, Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Ctr. (USA);

S. C. _Lee, Univ. of Oklahoma (USA)

1385 Multimodality

image

quantification usingthe Talairach

_grid

[4322-159]

M. _Desco, J. Pascau,S.

_Reig,

J. D. _{Gispert, Hospital} General Univ. Gregorio Maranon (Spain);

A.

_Santos,

Univ. Politecnica de Madrid

_(Spain);

C. _{Benito, Hospital}General Univ. Gregorio

Maranon

_(Spain);

V. _{Molina, Hospital} Doce de Octubre

_(Spain);

P.

_{Garcia-Barreno,}

Hospital

General Univ. GregorioMaranon (Spain)

1393 Evaluation ofsegmentation using lungnodulephantom CT images [4322-160]

P. F. _Judy, F. L. _{Jacobson, Brigham} and Women's _{Hospital (USA)} and Harvard Medical School

(USA)

1399 Automatic scale selection for medical image segmentation [4322-161]

E. Bayram, Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine (USA) and Wake Forest Univ.(USA);

C. L. _Wyatt, Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine

_(USA);

Y.

_Ge,

Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine (USA)and Wake Forest Univ. (USA)

1411

_{Segmentation-based}

method incorporatingfractional volume analysis forquantification of brainatrophyonmagnetic resonanceimages [4322-162]

D. _Wang, D. M. _Doddrell, Univ. ofQueensland (Australia)

1423 Automatic

_boundary

modification of

_warped

basal

_{ganglia template}

[4322-163]

E.

_Song,

V. A. Cardenas, F. Ezekiel, M. W. Weiner, Univ. of California/San Francisco (USA)

1431

_Segmentation

ofbrain MRimages: a

self-adaptive

onlinevector

_{quantization approach}

[4322-164]

L. Li, D. Chen,H. Lu, Z.

_{Liang, SUNY/Stony}

Brook(USA)

1439 Efficient 3D volumesegmentation of MR images bya modifieddeterministicannealing approach [4322-165]

Z. Ge, S. Mitra, Texas Tech Univ. (USA)

1449

_{Computerized lung}

nodule detection: comparisonofperformancefor low-dose and standard-dose helical CT scans (Honorable Mention Poster) [4322-166]

S. G. Armato _III, M. L. _Giger, K. _Doi, U. _Bick, H. _MacMahon, Univ. of

_Chicago

(USA)

1455 Braintumor

_segmentation

in MRI

_{by using}

the

_fuzzy

connectedness method [4322-167] J. G. Liu, J. K. Udupa, D. Hackney, G. Moonis, Univ. of Pennsylvania (USA)

1466

_Segmentation

of cerebral MRI scans using a

partial

volume

model, shading

correction, and an

anatomical_{prior [4322-168]}

A. Noe, S. Kovacic, Univ. of

_Ljubljana

(Slovenia); J. C. Gee, Univ. of

_Pennsylvania

(USA)

1478 Identificationand classification of spinevertebraebyautomated methods [4322-169]

L. R._Long, G. R._Thoma, National _Library of Medicine(USA)

1490 Prostate

_{brachytherapy}

seed

_{segmentation using spoke}

transform [4322-170]

S. T. Lam, R. J. Marks II, P. S. Cho, Univ. ofWashington (USA)

1501 Detection of bonedisease by hybrid SST-watershed x-ray image segmentation [4322-171]

S. Sanei,

Singapore Polytechnic;

M. _Azron, 0. S. _Heng, National Univ. of

_Singapore

1509 Objectiveand reproducible segmentation and

_{quantification}

of tuberous sclerosis lesions in FLAIR brain MR _images[4322-173]

T. Alderliesten, W. J.

_Niessen,

K. L. _Vincken, Univ. Medical Ctr. Utrecht (Netherlands);

J. B. A. Maintz, Utrecht Univ.

_{(Netherlands);}

F. E. Jansen, 0. van Nieuwenhuizen,

M. A. Viergever, Univ. Medical Ctr. Utrecht (Netherlands)

1519

_{Investigation}

ofa methodtoassess breast ultrasound level of suspicion [4322-174] M. P. Andre, Univ. ofCalifornia/San

Diego

(USA)and Veterans Affairs Healthcare _System

(USA); M.Galperin, Veterans Affairs Healthcare

_System

(USA) and Almen Labs., Inc. (USA);

L. K. _Olson, S. _Payrovi, K. _Richman, D. E. Blickenstaff, Univ. ofCalifornia/San

Diego

(USA)

1527 Ultrasound _imagetexture processingfor

_{evaluating fatty}

_{liver in}

_{peripartal dairy}

_cows

[4322-175]

V. R. Amin, G. Bobe, J. _Young, B.

_Ametaj,

D. _{Beitz, Iowa State Univ. (USA)}

1534 Textureimage analysis for_osteoporosis detection with

_{morphological}

tools [4322-176]

S. Sevestre,Univ. Paris V (France) and Ecole Nationale_d'lngenieursde Tunis

_(Tunisia);

A.

_{Benazza-Benyahia,}

Ecole

_Superieure

desCommunicationsdeTunis (Tunisia); H. Cherif,

W. Souid, Ecole Nationale _d'lngenieurs deTunis (Tunisia)

1542

_Energy

minimization and

_{region-growing-based}

interactive image segmentation [4322-177]

D. Kovacevic, S. _Loncaric, Univ. of

_Zagreb

(Croatia)

1550 _{Total-variational-based optical flow for cardiac-wall motion}

_tracking

_[4322-178] A. _Kumar, S. _Haker, A.

_Stillman,

Univ. ofMinnesota/Twin Cities_(USA); C. W.

_Curry,

D. P. Giddens,A. R. _Tannenbaum, A. _{Yezzi, Georgia} Institute ofTechnology (USA)

1554 Active double contour forsegmentation ofvessels in

_digital

subtraction

_angiography

[4322-180]

M. Hinz, K. D. _Toennies, M.

_Grohmann,

R. _{Pohle, Otto-von-Guericke-Univ.}

_Magdeburg

(Germany)

1563 Nonlinear_{registration using B-splinefeature}

_{approximation}

_{and image}

similarity

[4322-181]

J.-S. Kim, J.-S. _Kim, l.-Y. Kim, S. I. _{Kim, Hanyang} Univ. (Korea)

1570 Newfully automatic method for CR

_image

_{composition by} white-band detection and

consistency

rechecking

[4322-182]

G.-Q. _Wei, J. _Qian, Z. Wu, SiemensCorporate Research, Inc.

_(USA);

H. F. Schramm, Siemens AG

_(Germany)

1578

_Adaptive

free-form deformation for

_interpatient

medical

_image

_{registration [4322-183]} G. K. Rohde, A. Aldroubi, B. M._Dawant, Vanderbilt Univ.(USA)

1588 _{Task-specific comparisonof 3Dimage}

_registration

_{methods [4322-184]}

L. G. Nyul,Univ. of

_Szeged

_(Hungary); J. K.

_Udupa,

P. K. Saha, Univ. of _{Pennsylvania (USA)}

1599 Fast noniterative registration of_magneticresonanceimages [4322-185]

N. J. Pizzi, M.

_Alexander,

R. A. Vivanco, R. L.

_Somorjai,

National Research Council Canada

1609

_{Nonrigid multimodality image}

_{registration (Cum Laude PosterAward) [4322-186]}

D. Mattes, D. R. _Haynor, H.Vesselle, T. K. _Lewellyn, W. _Eubank, Univ. of

_Washington

(USA) and Univ. of

_Washington

Medical Ctr. (USA)

1621 Automatic

_{nonrigid registration}

of MR and PET _{images [4322-187]}

J.-K.

_Lee,

J.-S. Kim, J.-S. Kim, l.-Y. Kim,S. I.

_Kim,

_HanyangUniv. (Korea) 1628 Automaticdetection ofendplatesand pedicles inspinex-ray

images

[4322-188]

G.-Q. Wei, J. Qian, Siemens

_Corporate

_Research, Inc. _(USA); H. F. Schramm, Siemens AG

(Germany)

1636

_{Characterizing}

_populations

and _searchingfor_diagnosticsvia elastic

_registration

of MRI _images

[4322-189]

D. J.

_Pettey,

J. C. _Gee, Univ. of

_Pennsylvania

(USA)

1645

_{Self-organizing}

_{features for}

_regularized

_{standardization of brain images [4322-190]} D.

_Gokcay,

J. G. Harris, C. M. Leonard, R. W.

_Briggs,

Univ. of Florida (USA)

1654

_{Mammogram registration using}

the

_{Cauchy-Navier spline}

[4322-191]

M. A. Wirth, Univ. of

_Guelph

(Canada); C. Choi,

Bridge Systems

(Australia)

1666 Tissue colorimage segmentation and analysisfor automated diagnosticsof adenocarcinoma of the

_lung

[4322-192]

M.Sammouda, N. Niki, Univ. of Tokushima

_(Japan);

T.

_Niki,

N. Yamaguchi, National Cancer

Ctr.

_(Japan)

1677 Stimulus representationsthat are invariant under invertible transformations of sensor data

[4322-193]

D. N. Levin, Univ. of

_Chicago

(USA)

1689 3D

_{quantitative analysis}

of brain SPECT

_images

[4322-194]

S. Loncaric, I. Ceskovic, Univ. ofZagreb (Croatia); R. Petrovic, S. Loncaric, Univ. Hospital Zagreb (Croatia)

1696 New

_approach

to evaluaterotationof cervical vertebrae [4322-196]

M.Hahn, Univ. of Karlsruhe

_(Germany)

1705 _{Digital mammography:}a weakcontinuitytexture representation for detection of

microcalcifications[4322-197]

B.

_Caputo,

Friedrich-Alexander-Univ.

_{Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany);}

G. E.

_Gigante,

Univ. of

Rome La

_{Sapieza (Italy)}

1717 Applicationofadaptive boostingto EP-derivedmultilayerfeed-forward neural networks

(MLFN) to _{improve benign/malignant}breast cancerclassification [4322-198]

W. H. _Land,

_{Jr., Binghamton}

Univ.

_(USA);

T. D. _Masters, TMAIC _(USA); J. Y. _Lo, Duke Univ.

Medical Ctr. (USA); D. W. McKee,

Binghamton

Univ. (USA)

1725 _{Analyzing multimodality tomographic images}and associated regions of interest with MIDAS [4322-199]

W.-H.

_Tsui,

Nathan Kline Institute (USA) and New York Univ. School of Medicine (USA);

H. Rusinek, NewYork Univ. School of Medicine_(USA); P. Van _Gelder, S. _Lebedev, Nathan

Kline Institute(USA) and New York Univ. School of Medicine (USA)

1735 Computerized classification of liver disease in MRI

_using

anartificial neural network

[4322-200]

X.

_Zhang,

Gifu Univ.

_(Japan);

M. _Kanematsu, Gifu Univ. School of Medicine(Japan); H. Fujita,

T. Hara, Gifu Univ.

_(Japan);

H. Hoshi, Gifu Univ. School of Medicine _(Japan)

1743 Detection ofclustered microcalcifications in masses on _mammograms

by

artificial neural

networks [4322-201]

X.

_Zhang,

T. Hara, H. _Fujita,Gifu Univ. (Japan); T. Iwase, Aichi Cancer Ctr. Hospital (Japan);

T. Endo, National

_Hospital

of_{Nagoya (Japan)}

1751

_Computerized

analysisof lesions in 3D MR breast_images[4322-203] H.

_Wang,

B. _Zheng, W.F. Good,X.-H.

_Wang,

Univ. of

_Pittsburgh

(USA)

1763 Developmentofa

multiple-template

_{matching technique}for removal of falsepositives ina

computer-aided diagnostic scheme [4322-204]

Q.

_Li,

S. Katsuragawa, R. M. Engelmann, S. G. ArmatoIII, H. MacMahon, K. Doi, Univ. of

1771

_{Computer-aided diagnosis}

system for_{coronary artery stenosis}

_using

_a

neural network

[4322-205]

K. _Suzuki, I.

_Horiba,

Aichi Prefectural Univ.

_(Japan);

N.

_Sugie,

_{Meijo Univ.}

(Japan); M. Nanki, Chubu Rosai

_{Hospital (Japan)}

1783 _{Automated classification of}

mammographic

microcalcifications

by

using

artificial neural networks and ACR _{BI-RADS criteria [4322-206]}

T. Hara, A.

_Yamada,

H. Fujita, Gifu Univ.

_(Japan);

T.

_Iwase,

_{Aichi Cancer Ctr. Hospital}

(Japan);

T.

_Endo,

National _Hospitalof

_Nagoya

_(Japan)

1788 CAD _{systemfor the assistance of a}

comparative

reading

for

_lung

cancer_{using retrospective}

helical CT

_images

[4322-207]

M. Kubo, T.

_Yamamoto,

Y. Kawata, N. Niki, Univ.ofTokushima

_(Japan);

K.

_Eguchi,

National

Shikoku Cancer Ctr. Hospital

_(Japan);

H.

_Ohmatsu,

R.

_Kakinuma,

National Cancer Ctr.

Hospital East

_(Japan);

M.

_Kaneko,

M.

_Kusumoto,

N. Moriyama, NationalCancerCtr.

_Hospital

(Japan); K. _{Mori, National}

_Tochigi

_{Cancer Ctr.}

Hospital

(Japan); H.

_Nishiyama,

_{Social Health}

Insurance Medical Ctr.

_(Japan)

1796

_{Computer-aided}

_differential

_diagnosis

_of

pulmonary

nodulesbased on a

hybrid

_{classification}

approach (Honorable Mention Poster)

_[4322-208]

Y. Kawata, N. _{Niki, Univ. ofTokushima}

(Japan);

H.

_Omatsu,

_{National Cancer Ctr. Hospital} East

_(Japan);

M.

_Kusumoto,

_{National CancerCtr.}

Hospital

(Japan);

R.

_Kakinuma,

_National CancerCtr.

_Hospital

East

_(Japan);

K.

_Mori,

National

_Tochigi

CancerCtr. Hospital

(Japan);

H.

_Nishiyama,

_{Social Health Insurance Medical Ctr.}

(Japan);

K.

_Eguchi,

National Shikoku

CancerCtr. Hospital

(Japan);

M. Kaneko, N.

_Moriyama,

_{National Cancer Ctr.}

Hospital (Japan)

1807 3D

_image

_{guidance in}

_{radiotherapy:}

a

feasibility

_study

_[4322-209]

M.Ebert, B. A.

_Groh,

M.

_Partridge,

B. M. _Hesse, T.

_Bortfeld,

Deutsches

Krebsforschungszentrum

(Germany)

1817 _{Accurate lumen surface}

roughness

measurement_{method in carotid atherosclerosis}

[4322-210]

C. Han, T. S.

_Hatsukami,

_C.

_Yuan,

_{Univ. of}

Washington

(USA)

1828 _{Automatic detectionof}

_lung

_nodules

frommultislicelow-dose CT images [4322-211]

L. Fan, C. L. Novak,J. Qian, Siemens

_{Corporate Research,}

_Inc.

_(USA);

_{G. Kohl, Siemens AG}

(Germany);

D. P.

_Naidich,

New York Univ. MedicalCtr. (USA)

1836 _{Automatic detection of cellular}

necrosis in_epithelial cellcultures _[4322-212]

A.

_Santos,

_C.

_Ramiro,

_{Univ. Politecnica}

de Madrid

_(Spain);

M.

_Desco,

Hospital General Univ.

Gregorio

Marahon

_(Spain);

N.

_Malpica,

Univ. Politecnica de Madrid

_(Spain);

A.

_Tejedor,

A. Torres,

Hospital

General Univ.

_Gregorio

Marahon (Spain); M. J.

_{Ledesma-Carbayo,}

_Univ.

Politecnica de Madrid

_(Spain);

M.

_Castilla,

P.

_{Garci'a-Barreno, Hospital}

_{General Univ.}

Gregorio

Marahon (Spain)

1845

_{Computer-aided diagnosis}

_{of the}

solitary pulmonary

nodule

_imaged

onCT:

2D,

_3D, and

contrast_{enhancementfeatures[4322-213]}

M. F.

_McNitt-Gray,

N. _Wyckoff, J. G. _Goldin, R. _Suh, J. W. _Sayre, D. R. Aberle, UCLASchool

of Medicine _(USA)

1853

_Comparison

_{of three multiscale vessel}

enhancement filters_{intended for intracranial MRA:} initial phantom _{results (Honorable Mention Poster) [4322-214]}

B. E.

_Chapman,

_{Univ. of}

_{Pittsburgh (USA);}

_{D. L.}

Parker,

Univ. of Utah (USA)

1862

_{Investigating}

differentsimilaritymeasures foracase-based reasoningclassifierto

_predict

breast cancer[4322-215]

A. 0. Bilska, Duke Univ. (USA); C. E.

_Floyd,

Jr., Duke Univ. (USA)and Duke Univ. Medical Ctr. (USA)

1867 Automatic

_temporal

subtraction of chestradiographsand itsenhancement for

_lung

cancers

[4322-216]

H. Zhao, Georgetown Univ. Medical Ctr. (USA)and The Catholic

_University

of America(USA);

S.-C. B. Lo, M. T. Freedman, S. K. Mun,

Georgetown

Univ. Medical Ctr. (USA)

1873 Validation of brain

_segmentation

and tissue classification

algorithm

for

_Tl-weighted

MR

images [4322-217]

V. Chalana, L. Ng, Insightful Corp. (USA); L. R. _Rystrom,WestoverScientific, Inc. (USA);

J. C. Gee, Univ. of Pennsylvania (USA); D. R. Haynor, Univ. ofWashington (USA)

1883 Improvement of

_mammographic

lesion detection byfusion of informationfrom different views

[4322-218]

S.

_Paquerault,

N. Petrick, H.-P. Chan,B. _Sahiner, Univ. of

_Michigan

(USA)

1890 Analysisofevolvingprocesses in

_pulmonary

nodules usinga sequence ofthree-dimensional

thoracicimages [4322-219]

Y. Kawata, N. Niki, Univ. of Tokushima (Japan); H. Omatsu, National Cancer Ctr.

_Hospital

East

_(Japan);

M. Kusumoto,National CancerCtr. _Hospital

_(Japan);

R. Kakinuma, National Cancer Ctr. Hospital East(Japan); K. _Mori, National

_Tochigi

Cancer Ctr. Hospital (Japan);

H. Nishiyama, Social Health Insurance Medical Ctr.

_(Japan);

K.

_Eguchi,

National Shikoku Cancer Ctr. Hospital (Japan); M. Kaneko, N. Moriyama, National Cancer Ctr. Hospital

(Japan)

1902 Clinicaltestresults of

_{computer-aided}

detection systemfor lungcancer usinghelical CT

images

[4322-220]

K. Kubota, M. Kubo, Y. Kawata, N. Niki, Univ. ofTokushima

_(Japan);

K. Eguchi, National Shikoku Cancer Ctr. Hospital

(Japan);

H. Omatsu, R. Kakinuma, National CancerCtr. _Hospital

East (Japan); M. Kaneko, N. _Moriyama, National Cancer Ctr. Hospital (Japan)

1912 Automated selection ofcomputed tomography display parameters usingneural networks [4322-221]

D. Zhang, S. C. Neu, D. J. Valentino, Univ. ofCalifornia/Los

Angeles

(USA)

1918 Novel use of the

Hotelling

observer for

computer-aided

diagnosis of solitary pulmonary

nodules[4322-222]

A. H.

_Baydush,

Duke Univ. Medical Ctr. (USA); D. M._Catarious, Jr., Duke Univ. (USA)

1924 Automated radiographic absorptiometry system for

_quantitative

rheumatoid arthritis

assessment [4322-223]

V. Swarnakar, B. Fan, H. K. Genant, Univ. of California/San Francisco (USA)

1936 Computerizedcharacterization of contrast enhancementpatternsfor

_classifying

pulmonary

nodules [4322-224]

K. Minami,Y. Kawata, N. Niki, Univ. of Tokushima

_(Japan);

K. Mori, National Tochigi Cancer

Ctr. Hospital (Japan); H. Ohmatsu, R. Kakinuma,National Cancer Ctr. Hospital East_(Japan);

K. Eguchi, National Shikoku Cancer Ctr. Hospital (Japan); M. Kusumoto, M. Kaneko, National CancerCtr. _{Hospital (Japan);} N. Moriyama, National Cancer Ctr. _HospitalEast (Japan)

1944 Preliminary performance

analysis

of breast MRI CADsystem [4322-225]

A. I. _Penn, Alan Penn &Associates, Inc. (USA) and Univ. ofPennsylvania Medical Ctr. (USA);

N. Kumar, Univ. of

Pennsylvania

Medical Ctr. (USA); S. F.

_Thompson,

Alan Penn &Associates,

Inc. (USA); M. D. Schnall, Univ. of

_Pennsylvania

Medical Ctr. (USA); F. Wang, C. Gatsonis,

Brown Univ. (USA)

1954

Eliminating false-positive

microcalcification clusters ina

mammography

CAD scheme using a

Bayesian

neural network [4322-226]

D. C. Edwards, J. Papaioannou, Y. Jiang, Univ. ofChicago (USA); M. A. Kupinski, Univ. of

Arizona (USA); R. M. Nishikawa, Univ. of

_Chicago

(USA)

1961 Addendum 1963 Author Index