Deformable Registration Techniques for Thoracic CT Images

Dr. Ali Imam Abidi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, School of Engineering & Technology, Sharda University. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU), Varanasi, India. His primary areas of research include (but is not limited to) deformable image registration, image feature data analysis etc. as well as the study and applications of behavioural design concepts. He has published numerous research articles, letters, papers in conference proceedings and book chapters. He has been a constant invited reviewer for reputed journals like MTAP, MBEC, NAS Letters etc   Prof. Sanjay Kumar Singh holds a B.Tech. in Computer Engineering, M.Tech. in Computer Applications and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering. Currently, he is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU), Varanasi, India, and is also a Certified Novell Engineer Administrator. He is a member of LIMSTE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the International Association of Engineers (IAENG) and the International Center of Sustainable Excellence (ISCE). His research areas include biometrics, computer vision, image processing, video processing, pattern recognition and artificial intelligence. He has published over 50 articles in national and international journals, as well as book chapters and conference papers.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Background.- Chapter 3. A Moving Least Square Based Framework for Thoracic CT Image Registration.- Chapter 4. A Path Tracing and Deformity Estimation Methodology for Registration of Thoracic CT Image Sequences.- Chapter 5. Deformable Thoracic CT Images Sequence Registration using Strain Energy Minimization.- Chapter 6. Conclusion & Future Work.