Computational Anatomy Based on Whole Body Imaging Basic Principles o
This book deals with computational anatomy, an emerging discipline recognized in medical science as a derivative of conventional anatomy. It is also a completely new research area on the boundaries of several sciences and technologies, such as medical ima
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Computational Anatomy Based on Whole Body Imaging
Hidefumi Kobatake • Yoshitaka Masutani Editors
Computational Anatomy Based on Whole Body Imaging Basic Principles of Computer-Assisted Diagnosis and Therapy
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Editors Hidefumi Kobatake Professor Emeritus Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Tokyo, Japan
ISBN 978-4-431-55974-0 DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-55976-4
Yoshitaka Masutani Hiroshima City University Hiroshima, Japan
ISBN 978-4-431-55976-4 (eBook)
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Preface
The origin of research on computational anatomy can be traced back approximately a century. The famous book On Shape and Growth by D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson was published in 1917. Its central theme was to reveal the importance of physical laws and mechanics as the fundamental determinants of the form and structure of living organisms. In Chapter XVII of the book, “The Comparison of Related Forms,” he showed that the differences in forms of related animals could be explained by relatively simple mathematical transformations. Modern computational anatomy is emerging as a discipline focused on the quantitative analysis of variabilities in organ shape and the application of this analysis to computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) and computer-aided surgery. The spectrum of topics in computational anatomy has expanded to encompass all aspects of intelligent segmentation, modeling, recognition and understanding of complex three-dimensional (3D
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