Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing

Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, VIPIMAGE 2009 contains the full papers presented at VIPIMAGE 2009 - Second ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, held in Porto, Portugal, on 14-16 October 2009. International contributions from twenty countries provide a comprehensive coverage of the current state-of-the-art in the fields of:
Image Processing and Analysis;
Tracking and Analyze Objects in Images;
Segmentation of Objects in Images;
3D Vision;
Signal Processing;
Data Interpolation, Registration, Acquisition and Compression;
Objects Simulation;
Virtual Reality;
Software Development for Image Processing and Analysis;
Computer Aided Diagnosis, Surgery, Therapy and Treatment;
Computational Bioimaging and Visualization;
Telemedicine Systems and their Applications.

Related techniques covered in Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing, VIPIMAGE 2009 include the level set method, finite element method, modal analyses, stochastic methods, principal and independent components analyses and distribution models. The volume will be useful to academics, researchers and professionals in Computational Vision (image processing and analysis), Computer Sciences, Computational Mechanics and Medicine.

João Manuel R.S. Tavares and R.M. Natal Jorge Departmento de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.