March 2012

3 total

13MAR 2012
Ph.D. Gallery
Ahmed El-Rafei
Diffusion Tensor Imaging Analysis of the Visual Pathway with Application to Glaucoma Abstract Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy affecting the entire visual system. The world-wide prevalence of glaucoma is estimated to be 60.5 million people. The visual disorder caused by glaucoma can reach complete blindness if untreated. Various treatment approaches exist that can largely prevent […]
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05MAR 2012
Ph.D. Gallery
Christoph Schmalz
Robust Single Shot Structured Light Abstract In this thesis a new robust approach for Single-Shot Structured Light 3D scanning is developed. As the name implies, this measurement principle requires only one image of an object, illuminated with a suitable pattern, to reconstruct the shape and distance of the object. This technique has several advantages. It […]
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05MAR 2012
Ph.D. Gallery
Johannes Feulner
Machine Learning Methods in Computed Tomography Image Analysis Abstract Lymph nodes have high clinical relevance because they are often affected by cancer, and also play an important role in all kinds of infections and inflammations in general. Lymph nodes are commonly examined using computed tomography (CT). Manually counting and measuring lymph nodes in CT volumes […]
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