The biomedical imaging resource at Mayo Clinic

This editorial reviews the history and summarizes achievements, describes current activities, indicates future directions, and finally suggests some keys to success of the Biomedical Imaging Resource (BTR) at Mayo Clinic/Foundation. The origin and history section provides a chronological description, with associated references, emphasizing progress and milestones over the past three decades. Several figures are included to illustrate and highlight some particularly unique achievements.

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[4]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Method for quantitative validation of image-based correction for intraoperative brain shift , 2000, Medical Imaging.

[5]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Shape-based segmentation and characterization of biomedical images , 1996, Medical Imaging.

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[8]  R A Robb,et al.  3-D visualization in biomedical applications. , 1999, Annual review of biomedical engineering.

[9]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  The Dynamic Spatial Reconstructor: An X-Ray Video-Fluoroscopic CT Scanner for Dynamic Volume Imaging of Moving Organs , 1982, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.

[10]  Armando Manduca,et al.  Segmentation and visualization of multispectral medical images with interactive control of parameters for a set of unsupervised classifiers , 1995, Medical Imaging.

[11]  E. Hoffman,et al.  Noninvasive quantitative imaging of shape and volume of lungs. , 1983, Journal of applied physiology: respiratory, environmental and exercise physiology.

[12]  R A Robb,et al.  Three-Dimensional Volumetric Ultrasound Imaging of Arterial Pathology from Two-Dimensional Intravascular Ultrasound: An in Vitro Study , 1994, Angiology.

[13]  R A Robb,et al.  Display and Visualization of Three‐Dimensional Reconstructed Anatomic Morphology: Experience with the Thorax, Heart, and Coronary Vasculature of Dogs , 1979, Journal of computer assisted tomography.

[14]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  New approach to 3-D registration of multimodality medical images by surface matching , 1992, Other Conferences.

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[18]  R A Robb,et al.  A computer-based videodensitometric system for studying banded human chromosomes illustrated by the analysis of the normal morphology of chromosome 18. , 1977, American journal of human genetics.

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[20]  E H Wood,et al.  Quantitative imaging of the structure and function of the heart, lungs, and circulation. , 1979, Mayo Clinic proceedings.

[21]  R A Robb,et al.  Prostate cancer microvessels: a novel method for three‐dimensional reconstruction and analysis , 1998, The Prostate.

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[24]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  A New Method for Shaded Surface Display of Biological and Medical Images , 1985, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.

[25]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Quantitative analysis and parametric display of regional myocardial mechanics , 2000, Medical Imaging.

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[30]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Evaluation of search strategies and cost functions in optimizing voxel-based image registration , 1997, Medical Imaging.

[31]  R A Robb,et al.  3D localization of implanted radioactive sources in the prostate using trans-urethral ultrasound. , 2001, Studies in health technology and informatics.

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[37]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Surgical planning for radical prostatectomies using three-dimensional visualization and a virtual reality display system , 1995, Medical Imaging.

[38]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  A Software System for Interactive and Quantitative Analysis of Biomedical Images , 1990 .

[39]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Imaging physiological functions: Experience with the dynamic spatial reconstructor , 1984 .

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[42]  R A Robb,et al.  Interactive display and analysis of 3-D medical images. , 1989, IEEE transactions on medical imaging.

[43]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  ACCURACY OF SCALP ELECTRODE LOCALIZATION ON MRI VOLUME DATA: D117 , 1997 .

[44]  R. A. Robb,et al.  Three-Dimensional Display and Analysis of Tomographic Volume Images Utilizing a Varifocal Mirror , 1986, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.

[45]  Richard M. Satava,et al.  Interactive Technology and the New Paradigm for Healthcare , 1995 .

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[47]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  3-D Reconstruction of the Heart from Few Projections: A Practical Implementation of the McKinnon-Bates Algorithm , 1986, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.

[48]  Harry Wechsler,et al.  High-speed 3D imaging of the beating heart using temporal estimation , 1987 .

[49]  R. A. Robb,et al.  Computer-Assisted Videodensitometric Analysis of Age and Sex Dependent Variations of Bone Porosity in Normal and Osteoporocic Humans , 1975 .

[50]  Michael J. Ackerman,et al.  Technical Milestone: The visible Human Male: A Technical Report , 1996, J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc..

[51]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Realistic visualization for surgery simulation using dynamic volume texture mapping and model deformation , 1999, Medical Imaging.

[52]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  An image reconstruction algorithm for time varying X-ray projection image sequences , 1984, ICASSP.

[53]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Dynamic Three-Dimensional X-Ray Computed Tomography of the Heart, Lungs, and Circulation , 1979, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science.

[54]  J. H. Kinsey,et al.  Three-dimensional imaging of heart, lungs, and circulation. , 1980, Science.

[55]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Evaluating the accuracy of three-dimensional image registration algorithms used in multimodal image fusion , 1994, Other Conferences.

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[57]  E H Wood,et al.  Mayo Clinic and Medical School Biodynamics Research Unit. , 1983, Applied radiology.

[58]  Richard A. Robb.  Three-Dimensional Biomedical Imaging: Principles and Practice , 1995 .

[59]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Myocardial Blood Flow: Roentgen Videodensitometry Techniques , 1976, Other Conferences.

[60]  R A Robb,et al.  Three‐dimensional reconstruction of the temporal bone , 1990, The Laryngoscope.

[61]  R A Robb,et al.  Analyze: a comprehensive, operator-interactive software package for multidimensional medical image display and analysis. , 1989, Computerized medical imaging and graphics : the official journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society.

[62]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Biomedical Imaging, Visualization, and Analysis , 1999 .

[63]  James F. Greenleaf,et al.  An Operator-Interactive, Computer-Controlled System For High Fidelity Digitization And Analysis Of Biomedical Images , 1974, Optics & Photonics.

[64]  E. L. Ritman,et al.  The DSR: A High-Speed Three-Dimensional X-Ray Computed Tomography System for Dynamic Spatial Reconstruction of the Heart and Circulation , 1979, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science.

[65]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Optimized homomorphic unsharp masking for MR grayscale inhomogeneity correction , 1998, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging.

[66]  R A Robb,et al.  Three‐Dimensional Spatial, Density, and Temporal Resolution of the Dynamic Spatial Reconstructor , 1982, Journal of computer assisted tomography.

[67]  M J Ackerman,et al.  The Visible Human Project , 1998, Proc. IEEE.

[68]  W. L. Nowinski.  Analysis of medical images by means of brain atlases , 1999 .

[69]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  VR assisted surgery planning , 1996 .

[70]  L. D. Harris,et al.  Quantitative Analysis of a Vascular Tree Model with the Dynamic Spatial Reconstructor , 1984, Journal of computer assisted tomography.

[71]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Robust 3-D Reconstruction and Analysis of Microstructures from Serial Histologic Sections, with Emphasis on Microvessels in Prostate Cancer , 1996, VBC.

[72]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  A Desktop Computer Based Workstation for Display and Analysis of 3-D and 4-D Biomedical Images. , 1987 .

[73]  Takehiko Harada,et al.  Three-dimensional Reconstruction of the Temporal Bone , 1987 .

[74]  B H Brinkmann,et al.  Subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MRI for seizure focus localization in partial epilepsy. , 2000, Mayo Clinic proceedings.

[75]  岩崎 勤.  Mass of left ventricular myocardium estimated with dynamic spatial reconstructor , 1987 .

[76]  Richard A. Robb,et al.  Automated stromal nerve rejection in corneal confocal images in vivo , 2000, Medical Imaging: Image Processing.

[77]  G T Herman,et al.  Three-dimensional visualization of the intact thorax and contents: a technique for cross-sectional reconstruction from multiplanar x-ray views. , 1974, Computers and biomedical research, an international journal.