Intervertebral disc degeneration is an age-associated condition related to chronic back pain,
while its consequences are responsible for over 90% of spine surgical procedures. In …

The current study investigates texture properties of the tissue surrounding microcalcification
(MC) clusters on mammograms for breast cancer diagnosis. The case sample analyzed …

A method aimed at minimizing image noise while optimizing contrast of image features is
presented. The method is generic and it is based on local modification of multiscale gradient …

Study Design. Eleven vertebroplasty operations were studied in terms of radiation dose.
Objective. Doses to patients and staff associated with vertebroplasty were measured. …

Automatically measuring a muscle’s cross-sectional area is an important application in clinical
practice that has been studied extensively in recent years for its ability to assess muscle …

The intrinsic phosphor properties are of significant importance for the performance of phosphor
screens used in medical imaging systems. In previous analytical‐theoretical and Monte …

Automatically delineating the deep and superficial aponeurosis of the skeletal muscles from
ultrasound images is important in many aspects of the clinical routine. In particular, finding …

Purpose Accurate detection and treatment of Coronary Artery Disease is mainly based on
invasive Coronary Angiography, which could be avoided provided that a robust, non-invasive …

The pulmonary nodules' malignancy rating is commonly confined in patient follow-up; examining
the nodule's activity is estimated with the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) system …

A local survey was conducted, to evaluate the radiation dose to adult patients who underwent
diagnostic X-ray examinations. Patient-related and technical data were recorded, in 1504 …