Atlas-based segmentation of degenerated lumbar intervertebral discs from MR images of the spine

…, G Panayiotakis, A Todd-Pokropek - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Who goes home? Predictive factors in stroke recovery.

S Henley, S Pettit, A Todd-Pokropek… - Journal of Neurology …, 1985 - jnnp.bmj.com
One hundred and seventy two stroke patients were assessed two weeks post-stroke by a
multi-disciplinary team. The predictive ability of a number of variables, including social, …

[PDF][PDF] Comparative assessment of nine scatter correction methods based on spectral analysis using Monte Carlo simulations

…, A Todd-Pokropek… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1995 - Soc Nuclear Med
Wecomparedninescattercorrectionmethodsbasedonspectral anal@ which
processSPECTprojections. Methods: Monte Carlo simulationwas usedto generatehistoriesof …

[PDF][PDF] Relative impact of scatter, collimator response, attenuation, and finite spatial resolution corrections in cardiac SPECT

…, I Buvat, H Benali, A Todd-Pokropek… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2000 - Soc Nuclear Med
Methods: Monte Carlo simulationsand real acquisitionof a" mTc cardiac phantom were
performed under comparable conditions. Simulated and acquired data were reconstructed using …

Texture-based quantification of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration from conventional T2-weighted MRI

…, M Vlychou, R Speller, A Todd-Pokropek - Acta …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Disc degeneration quantification is important for monitoring the effects of new
therapeutic methods, such as cell and growth factor therapy. Magnetic resonance (MR) image …

[PDF][PDF] 3D segmentation of the airway tree using a morphology based method

B Irving, P Taylor, A Todd-Pokropek - Proceedings of 2nd …, 2009 - image.diku.dk
Segmentation of the airways is useful for the analysis of airway compression and obstruction
caused by pathology. This paper outlines an automatic method for segmentation of the …

7‐Ketocholesterol favors lipid accumulation and colocalizes with Nile Red positive cytoplasmic structures formed during 7‐ketocholesterol–induced apoptosis …

…, E Ogier‐Denis, A ToddPokropek… - Cytometry Part A …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background Oxidized low‐density lipoproteins play key roles in atherosclerosis. Their toxicity
is at least in part due to 7‐ketocholesterol (7KC), which is a potent inducer of apoptosis. In …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment and comparison of three scatter correction techniques in single photon emission computed tomography

MC Gilardi, V Bettinardi, A Todd-Pokropek… - Journal of nuclear …, 1988 - Soc Nuclear Med
… (2) and Todd-Pokropek et al. (3). All three meth ods are based on the subtraction of a
Compton com ponent from the photopeak data, but differ in estimat ing the Compton …

Image processing in nuclear medicine

A Todd-Pokropek - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1980 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A survey of various image processing techniques as applied to images in nuclear medicine
is presented. These have been classified as procedures to improve detectability, to correct …

The development and evaluation of CADMIUM: a prototype system to assist in the interpretation of mammograms

P Taylor, J Fox, AT Pokropek - Medical image analysis, 1999 - Elsevier
We have developed CADMIUM, a novel approach for the design of systems to assist in the
interpretation of medical images. CADMIUM uses symbolic reasoning to relate information …