Computer-based modeling of soft tissues for medical and gis applications

• Main Authors: Rana, Mohammad Azam, Setan, Halim, Chong, Albert K.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/1219/1/Paper047azam.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/1219/; http://www.civil.eng.usm.my/isg2005/home.shtml
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The advances in medical imaging, beginning from the discovery of X-rays have nowadays opened new perspectives for improvements in the area of computer assisted surgical planning. Meanwhile, modern medical imaging techniques, such as Computer Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), ar...