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Visual Computing for Medicine, 2nd Edition
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Visual Computing for Medicine, 2nd Edition

by Bernhard Preim, Charl P Botha
November 2013
Intermediate to advanced
836 pages
40h 17m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
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Preface to the Second Edition

This second edition of “Visualization in Medicine” reflects the dynamic development of medical imaging, algorithmic processing and applications in medical research and clinical use after 2006. After the tragic passing of Dirk Bartz in March 2010, Charl Botha stepped in to prepare this new edition. In addition to careful rewriting of all chapters, we added a number of completely new chapters and reorganized and updated others significantly. Advances in imaging technology, e.g., hybrid devices, ultra high field MRI, intraoperative imaging, and the trend towards interventional procedures, are reflected in various parts of the book.

Since more and more advanced applications, e.g., in processing the complex multi-modal ...

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