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Attenuation correction (AC) is an important prerequisite for quantitative brain PET in MR-BrainPET systems. The new knowledge-based method segments attenuation-differing head regions solely based on the routinely acquired T1-weighted MR data set of the patient's head. The original approach (O) was extended (E1-E3) with regard to the MR image quality at different bandwidth/voxel (130 HZ/voxel, 610...
A re-entrant resonant cavity applicator system for non-invasive brain tumor hyperthermia treatments was presented. We have already confirmed the effectiveness of the heating properties of this heating system with cylindrical agar phantoms and with computer simulations. This paper describes the specific absorption rate (SAR) analysis of this heating system for non-invasive brain tumor hyperthermia...
Since the human brain is protected by the skull, it is not easy to non-invasively heat deep brain tumors with electromagnetic energy for hyperthermia treatments. Generally, needle type applicators were used in clinical practice to heat brain tumors. To expand the heating area of needle type applicators, we have developed a new type of needle made of a shape memory alloy (SMA). In this paper, heating...
In this paper, we propose a new approach that we call the ldquofluid vector flowrdquo (FVF) active contour model to address problems of insufficient capture range and poor convergence for concavities. With the ability to capture a large range and extract concave shapes, FVF demonstrates improvements over techniques like gradient vector flow, boundary vector flow, and magnetostatic active contour on...
A novel hierarchical image segmentation approach has been developed for the extraction of tongue carcinoma from magnetic resonance (MR) images. First, a genetic algorithm (GA)-induced fuzzy clustering is used for initial segmentation of MR images of head and neck. Then these segmented masses are refined to reduce the false-positives using an artificial neural network (ANN)-based symmetry detection...
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