Applied Medical Image Analysis

Course explores hands-on exposure to state-of-the-art algorithms in medical image analysis, which builds on open-source software (Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit – ITK), as well as the principles of medical image acquisition in the modalities of clinical interest. Medical imaging modalities – X-rays, CT, and MRI/ITK image pipeline; image enhancement, feature detection; segmentation – basic techniques, feature-based classification and clustering, graph cuts, active contour and surface models; surface and volume meshing; registration – transformations, similarity criteria; shape and appearance models are all explored and discussed in this course.