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Medical Image Segmentation and Analysis

Description

The interaction between medicine and computer science has brought notable improvements to the execution of common clinical and surgical problems. Computer-assisted medical procedures allow to monitor pathologies and, notably, to evaluate the outcome of medical cares.

In this scenery, digital imaging empowers physicians and scientists with new insights on the internal and external structures of human body. Ad-hoc software tools can be of great help to biologist, surgeons, and physicians for scientific observation and manipulation of patients’ data.

The main goal of medical image analysis is finding solutions to to problems related to the extrapolation, processing, visualization, and retrieval of new and non-trivial knowledge from medical imagery, as well as to provide new paradigms to approach known problems.

This area of investigation involves multidisciplinary efforts from computer scientists, physicians and industrial partners, to design, assess, and experiment with new techniques and to devise effective solutions to clinical problems.

Publications

International Journals

  1. R. I. Han, G. Impoco, G. J. Culshaw, A. T. French, A. Black, B. M. Corcoran, Cell maceration scanning electron microscopy and computer-derived porosity measurements in assessment of connective tissue microstructure changes in the canine myxomatous mitral valve. In The Veterinary Journal Vol. 197 (2), pp. 502-505, 2013 (impact factor: 2.239).
  2. H. Andrae, S. Battiato, G. Bilotta, G. M. Farinella, G. Impoco, J. Orlik, G. Russo, A. Zemitis, Structural Simulation of a Bone-Prosthesis System of the Knee Joint. In SENSORS, Special Issue on Medical Imaging Vol. 8 (9), pp. 5897-5926, 2008 (impact factor: 1.771).
  3. G. Catanuto, A. Spano, A. Pennati, E. Riggio, G. M. Farinella, G. Impoco, S. Spoto, G. Gallo, M. B. Nava, Experimental Methodology for Digital Breast Shape Analysis and Objective Surgical Outcome Evaluation. In Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery Vol. 61 (3), pp. 314-318, 2008 (impact factor: 2.591).
  4. S. Battiato, G. M. Farinella, G. Impoco, O. Garretto, C. Privitera, Cortical Bone Classification by Local Context Analysis. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 4418/2007, 2007.
  5. G. M. Farinella, G. Impoco, G. Gallo, S. Spoto, G. Catanuto, M. B. Nava, Objective Outcome Evaluation of Breast Surgery . In Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 4190/2006, 2006.
  6. G. Catanuto, A. Spano, A. Pennati, G. M. Farinella, S. Spoto, G. Impoco, G. Gallo, M. B. Nava, Curvature mapping and outcome evaluation in breast plastic and reconstructive surgery. In European Journal of Surgical Oncology Vol. 32 (1), pp. S69-S70, 2006 (impact factor: 2.772).

International Conferences

  1. G. Impoco, Level Set Segmentation of Knee Bones Using Normal Profile Models. In proceedings of MIRAGE 2009, Paris, France, 4-6 May, 2009.
  2. G. M. Farinella, G. Impoco, G. Gallo, S. Spoto, G. Catanuto, M. B. Nava, Objective Outcome Evaluation of Breast Surgery. In proceedings of MICCAI 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-4 October, 2006.
  3. G. Catanuto, G. M. Farinella, G. Impoco, G. Gallo, M. B. Nava, A. Pennati, A. Spano, Breast shape analysis on three dimensional models. In proceedings of Proceedings of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Breast: Third European Conference, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy, 14-17, December, 2005.

Italian National Conferences

  1. G. Impoco, Medical Image Segmentation using Level Sets. In proceedings of 6th Eurographics Conference - Italian Chapter, Salerno, Italy, 2-4, July, 2008.
  2. S. Battiato, G. Bilotta, G. Impoco, G. Russo, Simulazione strutturale di un sistema osso-protesi del ginocchio. In proceedings of VIII Giornata di Studio Biomateriali e Biomeccanica, Catania, Italy, 13 July, 2007.
  3. S. Battiato, C. Bosco, G. M. Farinella, G. Impoco, 3D CT Segmentation for Clinical Evaluation of Knee Prosthesis Operations. In proceedings of 4th Eurographics Conference - Italian Chapter, Catania, Italy, 22-24, February, 2006.
  4. G. M. Farinella, G. Impoco, G. Gallo, S. Spoto, G. Catanuto, Unambiguous Analysis of Woman Breast Shape for Plastic Surgery Outcome Evaluation. In proceedings of 4th Eurographics Conference - Italian Chapter, Catania, Italy, 22-24, February, 2006.
  5. S. Battiato, G. Di Blasi, G. M. Farinella, G. Gallo, G. Impoco, Medical Imaging Applications: Three Case Studies. In proceedings of CISI 06, Ancona, Italy, 27-29, September, 2006.

Seminars

  1. From lab to real-life problems: possible applications of Level Sets, CIME course, Cetraro, Italy, 11 September, 2008.

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