Anatomical statistical models and their role in feature extraction

TF Cootes, CJ Taylor - The British journal of radiology, 2004 - birpublications.org
A detailed model of the shape of anatomical structures can significantly improve the ability to
segment such structures from medical images. Statistical models representing the variation …

3D statistical shape models using direct optimisation of description length

RH Davies, CJ Twining, TF Cootes, JC Waterton… - … Vision—ECCV 2002 …, 2002 - Springer
We describe an automatic method for building optimal 3D statistical shape models from sets
of training shapes. Although shape models show considerable promise as a basis for …

Active shape models: Evaluation of a multi-resolution method for improving image search

A Lanitis, CJ Taylor, TF Cootes - Proceedings of the British Machine …, 1994 - ktisis.cut.ac.cy
We describe a multi-resolution technique for locating for variable structures in images. This
is an extension of work on Active Shape Models (ASMs)-statistical models which iteratively …

Building 3-D statistical shape models by direct optimization

RH Davies, CJ Twining, TF Cootes… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Statistical shape models are powerful tools for image interpretation and shape analysis. A
simple, yet effective, way of building such models is to capture the statistics of sampled point …

Quantitative nailfold capillaroscopy—update and possible next steps

AL Herrick, M Berks, CJ Taylor - Rheumatology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We review the exciting potential (and challenges) of quantitative nailfold capillaroscopy,
focusing on its role in systemic sclerosis. Quantifying abnormality, including automated …

Comparison of model‐based arterial input functions for dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI in tumor bearing rats

DM McGrath, DP Bradley, JL Tessier… - … in Medicine: An …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
When using tracer kinetic modeling to analyze dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI (DCE‐MRI)
it is necessary to identify an appropriate arterial input function (AIF). The measured AIF is …

Detection of early subclinical lung disease in children with cystic fibrosis by lung ventilation imaging with hyperpolarised gas MRI

H Marshall, A Horsley, CJ Taylor, L Smith, D Hughes… - Thorax, 2017 - thorax.bmj.com
Hyperpolarised 3He ventilation-MRI, anatomical lung MRI, lung clearance index (LCI), low-
dose CT and spirometry were performed on 19 children (6–16 years) with clinically stable …

Quantitative analysis of regional airways obstruction using dynamic hyperpolarized 3He MRI—Preliminary results in children with cystic fibrosis

P Koumellis, EJR van Beek… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate regional airways obstruction in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) with
quantitative analysis of dynamic hyperpolarized (HP) 3He MRI. Materials and Methods …

Anatomically corresponded regional analysis of cartilage in asymptomatic and osteoarthritic knees by statistical shape modelling of the bone

TG Williams, AP Holmes, JC Waterton… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is emerging as the method of choice for measuring
cartilage loss in osteoarthritis (OA), but current methods of analysis are imperfect for …

Longitudinal assessment of children with mild cystic fibrosis using hyperpolarized gas lung magnetic resonance imaging and lung clearance index

L Smith, H Marshall, I Aldag, F Horn… - American journal of …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Methods Fourteen children with CF from the previously described cohort (8) were
reassessed at a second time point between 1.3–2.0 years after baseline using helium-3 (3 …