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Static and Dynamic Computational Cancer Spread Quantification in Whole Body FDG-PET/CT Scans
Frederic Sampedro, Anna Domenech, and Sergio Escalera
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A Novel Coronary Artery Skeleton Extracting Method Based on Multiple Hypothesis Tracking
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Finite Element Model to Study the Effect of Buffers, Source Amplitude and Source Geometry on
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Mansha Kotwani, Neeru Adlakha, and M. N. Mehta
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New Approach for Diagnosing Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Cardiac Disease Using Fuzzy Inference System
Sameer K. Salih, S. A. Aljunid, Syed M. Aljunid, and Oteh Maskon
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Semantic Mediation of Medical Data Using Web Services
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Vital-CUBE: A Non-Contact Vital Sign Monitoring System Using Medical Radar for Ubiquitous Home Healthcare
Guanghao Sun, Shinji Gotoh, Zijun Zhao, Seokjin Kim, Satoshi Suzuki, Nevrez Imamoglu, Wenwei Yu, and Takemi Matsui
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Automated Classification of Epileptic Electroencephalogram Signals Using Wavelet Entropies and Energies
G. Muralidhar Bairy, Shreya Bhat, and U. C. Niranjan
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Mathematical Model to Study IP₃ Dynamics Dependent Calcium Oscillations in Pancreatic Acinar Cells
Neeraj Manhas and Kamal Raj Pardasani
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Abnormality Detection and Classification in Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) of Breast Cancer Images
Bhagwati Charan Patel and G. R. Sinha
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Automated Classification of Normal and Premature Ventricular Contractions in Electrocardiogram Signals
Nam Zheng Ning Jenny, Oliver Faust, and Wenwei Yu
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An Improvement Method of Brain Extraction Tools for Magnetic Resonance Images
Weitun Yang, Minli Liao, Xiaojie Zhang, Weibei Dou, Mingyu Zhang, Hongyan Chen, Shaowu Li, Yu Wang, and
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Segmentation of Pediatric Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging Images Based on Adaptive Mean Shift
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Automatic MRI Brain Tissue Extraction Algorithm Based on Three-Dimensional Gray-Scale Transformation Model
Jinzhu Yang, Wenjun Tan, Shuang Ma, Qi Sun, Mengjia Xu, Nan Chen, and Dazhe Zhao
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A Carotid Vasculature Segmentation Method for Computed Tomography Angiography
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Electrocardiography Classification Based on Revised Locally Linear Embedding Algorithm and Kernel-Based Fuzzy
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CUDA-Based Parallel Computation Framework for Phase Root Seeking Algorithm
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A Homotopy Perturbation Method for Diffuse Optical Tomography Based on Radiative Transfer Equation
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3D Shape Modeling Using Mesh Quality Preserved Deformable Models Based on Micro-CT Imaging
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Automated Global Optimization Surface-Matching Registration Method for Image-to-Patient Spatial Registration in an
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Spatio-Temporally Smoothed Coherence Weighting Combined with Spatial Compounding for Ultrasound Imaging
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White Matter Lesions Change Detection in MR Images Based on Fuzzy Nearness and Non-Subsampled Shear Waves
Li Ling-Ling, Jia Zhen-Hong, Qin Xi-Zhong, Yang Jie, and Nikola Kasabov
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Table of Contents to Volume 4, Numbers 1-6, 2014
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Classification of Breast Tissue as Normal or Abnormal Based on Texture Analysis of Digital Mammogram
Fatehia B. Garma and Mawia A. Hassan
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 4, 647-653 (2014)
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Quantitative Analysis of a General Framework of a CAD Tool for Breast Cancer Detection from Mammograms
Subodh Srivastava, Neeraj Sharma, S. K. Singh, and Rajeev Srivastava
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A Study on Atrial Ta Wave Morphology in Healthy Subjects: An Approach Using P Wave Signal-Averaging Method
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Collimator Width Optimization in X-Ray Luminescent Computed Tomography (XLCT) with Selective
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S. Mishra and R. Kappiyoor
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Mammogram Mass Classification Using Support Vector Machine with Texture, Shape Features and Hierarchical
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Birmohan Singh, V. K. Jain, and Sukhwinder Singh
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Content Based Image Retrieval for Computed Tomography Images of Lungs
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Development of an E-Learning Environment for Anatomical Education of Female Pelvic Region
Nan Hu, Jinlu Shan, Xiaolin Zheng, Liwen Tan, Yuan Xia, Hongyan Luo, Wensheng Hou, Binji Fang, and Ge Wang
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Assessment of Left Atrial Reservoir Function in Mitral Valve Disease by Tissue Doppler, Strain and Strain
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Zahra Ojaghi-Haghighi, Atoosa Mostafavi, Hassan Moladoust, Feridoun Noohi, Majid Maleki, Maryam Esmaeilzadeh, and
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A Formal Approach to Secure Design of the Insulin Pump Behavior
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Performance Intima-Media Thickness of Carotid Artery and Flow Mediated Dilation of Brachial Artery for Assessing
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Adjustment of Gradation Characteristics in Chest Radiography Obtained by Two Computed Radiography Models
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Wavelet Based Machine Learning Techniques for Electrocardiogram Signal Analysis
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Dosimetry of CT-Based Attenuation Correction for Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed
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Dual-Source Computed Tomography Angiography in Aortic Stenosis: Comparison with Transthoracic
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Nur Adura Yaakup, Hooi Fang Phuah, Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz, Imran Zainal Abidin, Zhonghua Sun, and Kwan Hoong Ng
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Data Mining Framework for Breast Cancer Detection in Mammograms: A Hybrid Feature Extraction Paradigm
Lee Hoi Shan, Oliver Faust, and Wenwei Yu
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Automatic Extraction of 3D Airway Tree from Multislice Computed Tomography Images
Wenjun Tan, Jinzhu Yang, Zijian Bian, Zhaoxuan Gong, and Dazhe Zhao
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Knowledge-Based Machine Learning for Glaucoma Diagnosis from Fundus Image Data
Yong-Li Xu, Man Hu, Xiao-Zhen Xie, and Han-Xiong Li
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Automatic Vaginal Bacteria Segmentation and Classification Based on Superpixel and Deep Learning
Youyi Song, Dong Ni, Zhongming Zeng, Liang He, Siping Chen, Baiying Lei, and Tianfu Wang
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An Effective Feature Extraction Method on Mammograms: A Band Shaped Texture Analysis Based on Iris Filter
Hong Li, Xieping Xu, Buer Qi, Nan Bao, Yaonan Zhang, Hang Sun, Liwei Yu, and Yan Kang
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Research on Potential Pathological Knee Diagnosis for Undergraduates by Infrared Image Analysis
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Dynamic 3D Reconstruction of Gastric Internal Surface Under Gastroscopy
Bin Wang, Jiquan Liu, Yun Zong, and Huilong Duan
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Speckle Reduction of Veterinary Ultrasound B-Mode Imaging Using Receive-Side Spatial Compounding
Haolin Liu, Zhihong Zhang, Wen Liu, and Dong C. Liu
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Interpolation-Based Intermediary Image Generation for Three-Dimensional Histologic Arterial Reconstruction
Hyunggun Kim, Ahnryul Choi, Yonghoon Rim, and David D. McPherson
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Medical Image Enhancement Based on Shearlet Transform and Unsharp Masking
Ayiguli Wubuli, Jia Zhen-Hong, Qin Xi-Zhong, Yang Jie, and Nikola Kasabov
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Iterative Nonlocal Means Method for Despeckling Optical Coherence Tomography Images
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A Robust 'Rule Based Denoising Scheme' Using Wavelets
M. Beena Mol, S. Prabavathy, B. Priestly Shan, and J. Mohanalin
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Improving P300 Based Speller by Feature Selection
Mahmoud I. Kamel and Anas A. Hadi
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Heart Sounds Segmentation Utilizing Teager Energy Operator
Rami J. Oweis, Husam Hamad, and Muhammad Shammout
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Histogram Variance Controlled Bleeding Detectors for Wireless Capsule Endoscopic Images
M. Ramaraj, S. Raghavan, V. Raghunath, and Wahid A. Khan
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Medical Image Contrast Enhancement Using Spline Concept: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Hong-Seng Gan, Tian-Swee Tan, Mohammed Rafiq Bin Abdul Kadir, Ahmad Helmy Abdul Karim,
Khairil Amir Sayuti, Liang-Xuan Wong, and Weng-Kit Tham
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Machine Learning Approach for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prediction Based on Optimal Heart Rate Variability Features
L. Murukesan, M. Murugappan, M. Iqbal, and K. Saravanan
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An Investigation on the Femoral Head Measurement Methods
Meuru Athapattu, Amir Hossein Saveh, Seyyed Morteza Kazemi, and Mahmoud Chizari
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Kinematic Data Smoothing Using Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition
Jun Chen, Meng-Shi Zhang, Yong-Fang Zhao, and Hong-Sheng Zhan
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Analytical Solution of Two Dimensional Unsteady State Problem of Calcium Diffusion in a Neuron Cell
Amrita Jha and Neeru Adlakha
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Semantic Segmentation and Categorization of Brain MRI Images for Glioma Grading
K. Selva Bhuvaneswari and P. Geetha
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A Fast Enhancement/Thresholding Based Blood Vessel Segmentation for Retinal Image Using Contrast Limited
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C. G. Ravichandran and J. Benadict Raja
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A Model-Based Echo Filter for MR Image Restoration with Partial-Echo Acquisition
Joseph Suresh Paul and Uma Krishna Swamy Pillai
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Chest Computed Radiography Imaging Parameters for Nodule Detection: A Comparison of Image Quality and
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Electroencephalogram Based Biometric Framework Using Time and Frequency Domain Features
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Breast Cancer Prediction by Using C5.0 Algorithm and BOOSTING Method
Vahid Rafe, Sara Hashemi Farhoud, and Siamak Rasoolzadeh
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Numerical Simulation of Flow in Curved Coronary Arteries with Progressive Amounts of Stenosis Using
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Guiying Liu, Jianhuang Wu, Wenhua Huang, Weidong Wu, Haonan Zhang, Kelvin K. L. Wong, and Dhanjoo N. Ghista
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An Intrinsic Image Representation and Its Application to Left Ventricle Segmentation in Cardiac MRI Images
Hyo-Hoon Kim, Rassulzhan Poltayev, and Byung-Woo Hong
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Glaucoma Classification Using Brownian Motion and Discrete Wavelet Transform
Wong Li Yun, Muthu Rama Krishnan Mookiah, and Joel E. W. Koh
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Classification of Macula Edema Using Discrete Wavelet Transform Features
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Implementation of an iPod Application as a Wearable and Wireless Accelerometer System for Identifying
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Robert LeMoyne and Timothy Mastroianni
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Impact of Parallel Computing on Identifying Biomarkers of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Computer Aided Breast Cancer Diagnosis Techniques in Ultrasound: A Survey
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Fuzzy and Touching Cell Extraction on Modified Graph Minimize Spanning Tree and Skeleton Distance
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Wang Weixing, Zhang Xin, Cao Ting, Tian Liping, Liu Sheng, and Wang Zhiwei
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Are Swing and Stand Parts of the Gait Generated by Different Sources in the Central Nervous System?
Yashar Sarbaz
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Investigation of New Unsupervised Processing Methods for P300-Based Brain-Computer Interface
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Discomfort Evaluation of Upper Limb Joint Motion
Xu Fenggang, Liu Zhongqi, Zhao Yongqi, and Fan Ming
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Extraction of Orientation Field Using Gabor Filter and Gradient Based Approach for the Detection of
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Amit Kamra, V. K. Jain, and Sukhwinder Singh
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A New Trend in Cobb Angle Measurement: The Use of iPhones
Serhat Mutlu, Olcay Guler, Harun Mutlu, Baran Komur, Gurkan Caliskan, and Nurettin Heybeli
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Firefly Algorithm for Optimization of Scaling Factors During Embedding of Manifold Medical Information:
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Nilanjan Dey, Sourav Samanta, Sayan Chakraborty, Achintya Das, Sheli Sinha Chaudhuri, and Jasjit S. Suri
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A Special Section on The Methods of Medical Imaging and Health System
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Ground-Glass-Opacity Nodule Detection and Segmentation Based on Dot Filter and Gaussian Mixture
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New Iterative Reconstruction Technique for Large Field of View Digital Tomosynthesis
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The Study of Sub-Harmonic Cavitation Imaging Based on Pulse Inversion Technique for the Monitoring
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Evaluation of Four Similarity Measures for 2D/3D Registration in Image-Guided Intervention
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High-Intensity Femtosecond Laser Ablation of Human Enamel and Dentin
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Compound Gesture Classification for Context-Aware Healthcare Monitoring System
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An Integrated Bivariate Function Fitting Method and Its Application in XRII Image Distortion Correction
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Broadband Self-Calibration Measuring Probe in Multi-Frequency Electrical Impedance Scanning System
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PSI: Point-Set-and-Intensity-Based Algorithm for 3D CT Deformable Registration
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The Adoption of a Telehealth System: The Integration of Extended Technology Acceptance Model and
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A MatLAB Based Virtual Phantom for 2D Electrical Impedance Tomography (MatVP2DEIT): Studying the Medical
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Vocal Fold Pathology Assessment Using Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients and Linear Predictive Cepstral
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Cascading One-Class Kernel Subspace Ensembles for Reliable Biopsy Image Classification
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Denoising Performance of Complex Wavelet Transform with Shannon Entropy and its Impact on Alzheimer
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Optimized Graphical Processing Unit Processing Framework for Surface Rendering in 4D Ultrasound Imaging
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Pixelate Removal in an Image Fiber Probe Endoscope Incorporating Comb Structure Removal Methods
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Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Protein Sequences on the
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Pulse-Coupled Neural Network Segmentation and Bottom-Up Saliency-On Feature Extraction for Thigh Magnetic
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A Combined Spatial and Frequency Based Texture Model for Organ Segmentation in Computed Tomography
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Visual versus Statistical Features Selection Applied to Mammography Mass Detection
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Analysis of Human Hand Kinematics: Forearm Pronation and Supination
Hisyam Abdul Rahman, Yeong Che Fai, and Eileen Su Lee Ming
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Automated Detection of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy Using Brownian Motion Features
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Effect of Geometric-Based Coronary Calcium Volume as a Feature Along with its Shape-Based Attributes for
Cardiological Risk Prediction from Low Contrast Intravascular Ultrasound
Tadashi Araki, Nobutaka Ikeda, Filippo Molinari, Nilanjan Dey, Suvojit Acharjee, Luca Saba, Andrew Nicolaides, and
Jasjit S. Suri
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 4, 255-261 (2014)
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Absorption Spectroscopy for the Quantification of Serum Thyroglobulin and Thyroglobulin Antibody Levels in
Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma Patients: A Pilot Study
Sudha D. Kamath, Sujatha Bhat, K. Rajesh, K. Srujan, R. Vrunda, and Nandini Pandit
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 4, 262-266 (2014)
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Automated Detection of Mild Glaucoma Stage Using Grayscale Features of Fundus Images
Lim Wei Jie Eugene
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 4, 267-271 (2014)
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Gender Differences in Lower Extremity Kinematics During High Range of Motion Activities
Shuyang Han, Shirong Ge, and Hongtao Liu
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 4, 272-276 (2014)
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Image Security Through Watermarking
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J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 4, 277-284 (2014)
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Intensity Inhomogeneity Correction Using Modified Homomorphic Unsharp Masking
Jyothisha J. Nair and V. K. Govindan
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 4, 285-290 (2014)
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An Efficient Biomedical Imaging Technique for Automatic Detection of Abnormalities in Digital Mammograms
Sheeba Jenifer, S. Parasuraman, and Amudha Kadirvel
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Local Diagnostic Reference Levels for X-Ray Examinations in an Australian Tertiary Hospital
Curtise K. C. Ng, Zhonghua Sun, Helen Parry, and John Burrage
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Guest Editors: Feng Liu, Boris Gramatikov, Mykola Mykolaiovych Budnyk, and E. Y. K. Ng
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Developing a Cloud Bio-Platform for Analyzing Golgi Glycosyltransferases: A Case Study on the Beta-GNT3 Family
KuoYuan Hwa and Wan-Man Lin
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Illustrative Cardiac Visualization via Perception-Based Lighting Enhancement
Lei Zhang, Kuanquan Wang, Hongzhi Zhang, Wangmeng Zuo, Xiaoqing Liang, and Jian Shi
J. Med. Imaging Health Inf. 4, 312-316 (2014)
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Development of a Novel Multifunction Patient-Monitoring System with 2.4 GHz Radio Frequency and Power Line
Communication
Qun Wei, Jin-Ho Cho, Ki-Woong Seong, Yeon-Kwan Moon, Seung-Ha Lee, and Jyung-Hyun Lee
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A Novel RFID Health Condition Monitor with Acupuncture Biopotentials Obtained by Replaceable Non-Invasive
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Jium-Ming Lin, Hung-Han Lu, and Cheng-Hung Lin
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Gait Object Extraction and Recognition in Dynamic and Complex Scene Using Pulse Coupled Neural Network and
Feature Fusion
Yimin Hou, Nini Rao, Xiangmin Lun, and Feng Liu
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Nucleus Extraction of Uterine Cervical Pap-Smears Using Marker Information and Watershed Algorithm
Kwang Baek Kim, Sang Geol Lee, and Gwang Ha Kim
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Extraction and Analysis of Muscle Areas from Abdominal Ultrasonographic Images
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Analytical Comparisons of Standardized Nasal Cavity
Chih Fang Lee, Mohd. Zulkifly Abdullah, Kamarul Arifin Ahmad, and Ibrahim Lutfi Shuaib
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Implementation of an iPod Wireless Accelerometer Application Using Machine Learning to Classify Disparity of
Hemiplegic and Healthy Patellar Tendon Reflex Pair
Robert LeMoyne, Wesley T. Kerr, Kevin Zanjani, and Timothy Mastroianni
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In Silico Tertiary Structure Prediction and Molecule Docking Analysis of SNAIL Protein
Babita Rathore and Madhvi Shakya
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Interactive Image Segmentation Based on Graph Cuts and Automatic Multilevel Thresholding for Brain Images
Baakek Touria and Chikh Mohamed Amine
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Texture and Classifier Based Medical Images Retrieval
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Poisson's Equation Based Image Registration: An Application for Matching 2D Mammograms
Mohanalin, Prem Kumar Kalra, and Nirmal Kumar
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Contrast Transfer Efficiency of Ultrasound Elastography-A Simulation Study
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Flow Index of 3D Breast Ultrasound was Strongly Correlated with Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in the Absence of
Lymphovascular Invasion
Hwa-Koon Wu, Hsin-Shun Tseng, Li-Sheng Chen, Shou-Jen Kuo, Ping-Lang Yen, Yu-Len Huang, and Dar-Ren Chen
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An Approach for Human Machine Interaction Using Electromyography
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Measuring in Skin Expansion
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Inverse Kinematics of Push-Up Exercise Using Joint Coordinate System
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A New Database for Breast Research with Infrared Image
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Human Cranial Simulation
Pedro Perestrelo, Paulo Bártolo, Maurício Torres, Pedro Noritomi, and Jorge Silva
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A Biomechanical Analysis of Titanium Miniplates Used for Treatment of Mandible Condylar Fracture with the
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Simulation Study on the Determination of Cardiac Ejection Fraction by Electrical Impedance Tomography
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Marcos H. F. Ribeiro, Rodrigo Weber dos Santos, Luis Paulo S. Barra, and Franciane C. Peters
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A Numerical Strategy to Simulate Shrinkage of a Choroidal Tumor During Transpupillary Thermal Therapy
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Assessment of Cervical Spine Range of Rotation with Inertial Sensors After a Vertebral Manipulation Procedure
Arlindo Elias, Emerson Bermudes Junior, Roberto Salles Melim, Sérgio Silva Mucciaccia, Anselmo Frizera Neto, and
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Maxillary Biomechanical Study During Rapid Expansion Treatment with Simplified Model
Larissa Carvalho Trojan Serpe, Libardo Andrés González Torres, Ricardo Utsch de Freitas Pinto,
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Application of a Multi-Scale Mechanobiological Model for Bone Remodeling
Emílio G. F. Mercuri, André L. Daniel, Roberto D. Machado, and Mildred B. Hecke
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