Area Bone Mineral Density (aBMD) measured by Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) is an established criterion in the evaluation of hip fracture risk. The evaluation from these planar images, however, is limited to 2D ...

In this thesis a method was developed to reconstruct both the 3D shape and the BMD distribution of bone structures from Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) images. The method incorporates a statistical model built from ...

La pràctica clínica i la investigació generen grans quantitats de registres mèdics, incloent-hi imatges. No obstant això, molta informació que podria millorar l'assistència sanitària continua sent inaccessible. Es necessiten ...

In this work we describe the usage of bilinear statistical models as a means of factoring the shape variability into two components attributed to inter-subject variation and to the intrinsic dynamics of the human heart. ...

Blunt chest traumas are a clinical challenge, both for diagnosis and treatment. The use of/nCardiovascular Magnetic Resonance can play a major role in this setting. We present two cases: a/n12-year-old boy and 45-year-old ...

Introducción y objetivos. Se ha señalado que, en la miocardiopatía hipertrófica (MCH), la desorganización de las fibras regionales da lugar a segmentos en los que la deformación es nula o está gravemente reducida, y que ...

In the last few years, there has been a growing focus on faster computational methods to support clinicians in planning stenting procedures. This study investigates the possibility of introducing computational approximations ...

Heart failure leads to gross cardiac structural changes. While cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a recognized treatment for restoring synchronous activation, it is not clear how changes in cardiac shape and size ...

Nowadays, most popular therapies for cerebral aneurysms are clipping and coiling. Nonetheless, it is not easy to elucidate which therapeutic option is the most suitable and reliable for a patient-specific aneurysm. To face ...

Human arteries affected by atherosclerosis are characterized by altered wall viscoelastic properties. The possibility of noninvasively assessing arterial viscoelasticity in vivo would significantly contribute to the early ...