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    • Histology-Based Evaluation of Optical Coherence Tomographic Characteristics of the Cerebral Artery Wall via Virtual Inflating 

      Glaßer, Sylvia; Hoffmann, Thomas; Boese, Axel; Voß, Samuel; Kalinski, Thomas; Skalej, Martin; Preim, Bernhard (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      With an increased rate of cerebrovascular diseases, the need for an advanced vessel wall analysis increases as well. In this work, we provide new information of cerebral artery walls extracted with optical coherence ...
    • Automated Slice-Based Artery Identification in Various Field-of-View CTA Scans 

      Major, David; Novikov, Alexey A.; Wimmer, Maria; Hladuvka, Jiri; Bühler, Katja (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Automated identification of main arteries in Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) scans plays a key role in the initialization of vessel tracking algorithms. Automated vessel tracking tools support physicians in vessel ...
    • Fiber Stipples for Crossing Tracts in Probabilistic Tractography 

      Reichenbach, Andre; Goldau, Mathias; Hlawitschka, Mario (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Given diffusion weighted magnetic resonance (dMRI) data, tractography methods may reconstruct estimations of neural connections of the human brain, so called tractograms. Probabilistic tractography algorithms generate a ...
    • A Two-Level Cascade Classification Algorithm for Real-Time Bifurcation Detection in CTA Images of Blood Vessels 

      Novikov, Alexey A.; Wimmer, Maria; Major, David; Bühler, Katja (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      We introduce a cascade classification algorithm for bifurcation detection in Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) scans of blood vessels. The proposed algorithm analyzes the vessel surrounding by a trained classifier ...
    • Illustrative Multi-volume Rendering for PET/CT Scans 

      Lawonn, Kai; Smit, Noeska; Preim, Bernhard; Vilanova, Anna (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      In this paper we present illustrative visualization techniques for PET/CT datasets. PET/CT scanners acquire both PET and CT image data in order to combine functional metabolic information with structural anatomical ...
    • Interactive Position-dependent Customization of Transfer Function Classification Parameters in Volume Rendering 

      Brix, Tobias; Scherzinger, Aaron; Völker, Andreas; Hinrichs, Klaus (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      In direct volume rendering (DVR) and related techniques a basic operation is the classification of data values by mapping (mostly scalar) intensities to color values using a transfer function. However, in some cases this ...
    • Motion-moderated Transfer Function for Volume Rendering 4D CMR Data 

      Walton, Simon; Chen, Min; Holloway, Cameron (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) produces time-varying volume data by combining conventional MRI techniques with ECG gating. It allows physicians to inspect the dynamics of a beating heart, such as myocardium motion ...
    • Discovering Medical Knowledge Using Visual Analytics 

      Sturm, Werner; Schreck, Tobias; Holzinger, Andreas; Ullrich, Torsten (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Due to advanced technologies, the amount of biomedical data has been increasing drastically. Such large data sets might be obtained from hospitals, medical practices or laboratories and can be used to discover unknown ...
    • cellVIEW: a Tool for Illustrative and Multi-Scale Rendering of Large Biomolecular Datasets 

      Muzic, Mathieu Le; Autin, Ludovic; Parulek, Julius; Viola, Ivan (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      In this article we introduce cellVIEW, a new system to interactively visualize large biomolecular datasets on the atomic level. Our tool is unique and has been specifically designed to match the ambitions of our domain ...
    • Instant Visualization of Secondary Structures of Molecular Models 

      Hermosilla, Pedro; Guallar, V.; Vinacua, Alvar; Vázquez, Pere-Pau (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Molecular Dynamics simulations are of key importance in the drug design field. Among all possible representations commonly used to inspect these simulations, Ribbons has the advantage of giving the expert a good overview ...
    • FoldSynth: Interactive 2D/3D Visualisation Platform for Molecular Strands 

      Todd, Stephen; Todd, Peter; Leymarie, Frederic Fol; Latham, William; Kelley, Lawrence A.; Sternberg, Michael; Hugues, Jim; Taylor, Stephen (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      FoldSynth is an interactive platform designed to help understand the characteristics and commonly used visual abstractions of molecular strands with an emphasis on proteins and DNA. It uses a simple model of molecular ...
    • Image Registration Methods for Patient-Specific Virtual Physiological Human Models 

      Oliveira, Julia E. E. de; Giessler, Paul; Deserno, Thomas M. (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      In this paper, current status of image registration is reviewed with respect to physiological, morphological and anatomical aspects. There are ample choices of recent techniques for image registration which can be used, ...
    • Uncertainty Estimation and Visualization for Multi-modal Image Segmentation 

      Al-Taie, Ahmed; Hahn, Horst K.; Linsen, Lars (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Multi-modal imaging allows for the integration of complementary information from multiple medical imaging modalities for an improved analysis. The multiple information channels may lead to a reduction of the uncertainty ...
    • CoWRadar: Visual Quantification of the Circle of Willis in Stroke Patients 

      Miao, Haichao; Mistelbauer, Gabriel; Našel, Christian; Gröller, M. Eduard (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      This paper presents a method for the visual quantification of cerebral arteries, known as the Circle of Willis (CoW). The CoW is an arterial structure that is responsible for the brain's blood supply. Dysfunctions of this ...
    • Visual Analysis of Medical Image Segmentation Feature Space for Interactive Supervised Classification 

      Molchanov, Vladimir; Chitiboi, Teodora; Linsen, Lars (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
      Classification of image regions is a crucial step in many image segmentation algorithms. Assigning a segment to a certain class can be based on various numerical characteristics such as size, intensity statistics, or shape, ...
    • Frontmatter: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine 

      Bühler, Katja; Linsen, Lars; John, Nigel W. (The Eurographics Association, 2015)
    • Interactive Visualization of Muscle Activity During Limb Movements: Towards Enhanced Anatomy Learning 

      Bauer, Armelle; Paclet, Florent; Cahouet, Violaine; Dicko, Ali-Hamadi; Palombi, Olivier; Faure, François; Troccaz, Jocelyne (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      We propose a framework to investigate a new way to learn musculoskeletal anatomical kinetics using interactive motion capture and visualization. It can be used to facilitate the learning of anatomy by medicine and sports ...
    • Survey of Labeling Techniques in Medical Visualizations 

      Oeltze-Jafra, Steffen; Preim, Bernhard (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Annotations of relevant structures and regions are crucial in diagnostics, treatment planning, medical team meetings as well as in medical education. They serve to focus discussions, present results of collaborative decision ...
    • A Comparative User Study of a 2D and an Autostereoscopic 3D Display for a Tympanoplastic Surgery 

      Baer, Alexandra; Huebler, Antje; Saalfeld, Patrick; Cunningham, Douglas; Preim, Bernhard (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      This paper presents the design and execution of a comparative experimental between-participant study with 42 participants. We investigated depth perception comparing a 2D display with a glasses-free 3D autostereoscopic ...
    • Deriving Anatomical Context from 4D Ultrasound 

      Müller, Markus; Helljesen, Linn E. S.; Prevost, Raphael; Viola, Ivan; Nylund, Kim; Gilja, Odd Helge; Navab, Nassir; Wein, Wolfgang (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Real-time three-dimensional (also known as 4D) ultrasound imaging using matrix array probes has the potential to create large-volume information of entire organs such as the liver without external tracking hardware. This ...