An experienced special education teacher, newly arrived in an urban school for students with emotional, social and behavioral difficulties, kept a journal spanning the first 95 days at work. Using qualitative content analysis, the field notes were organized by subject areas (work conditions, student behavior, teacher interventions, collaboration with colleagues, work with parents, inter-professional work and school-community relationships, as well as the teacher's reflections) and analyzed with reference to the patterns in them. The results not only provide insights into a challenging educational reality but also provide information for a deeper understanding of student behavior, for the further development of teaching and behavior-related intervention, for supporting the journal-keeping teacher, and for improvement of the overall pedagogical culture of subject school.
Intelligent processing of multi-dimensional images has become crucial in conventional or computer-aided interpretation for radiological and diagnostic applications. This focused text provides the in-depth knowledge of the modalities used to acquire images for medical image reconstruction and processing and enables medical professionals to effectively select and develop the most appropriate image reconstruction and processing methods for accurate analysis and interpretation. This thorough introduction to the acquisition of images and the intelligent interpretation and analysis of biomedical images discusses such essentials as: The interaction of the basic unit of imaging (such as protongs in MRI, or, x-ray photons in X-ray CT) in a biological environment Formation of a quantifiable signal representing the biological information etection and acquisition of the signal Appropriate image reconstruction Featuring skill-building MATLAB exercises and end-of-chapter references, this text delivers an essential, top-to-bottom examination of medical imaging and helps you master the complexities of today's radiological and diagnostic applications. To view the MATLAB exercises, visit: ftp://ftp.wiley.com/public/sci_tech_med/medical_image/
In this benchmark text, author Atam Dhawan takes a unique, all-inclusive approach to medical imaging–one that weaves together medical physics, imaging, image processing, and advanced image analysis methods.
Computerized medical imaging and image analysis have been the central focus in diagnostic radiology. They provide revolutionarizing tools for visualization of physiology as well as the understanding and quantitative measurement of physiological parameters. This book provides a unique depth of knowledge from the principles to recent advanced methods in medical imaging instrumentation and techniques as well as multidimensional image analysis and classification methods for research, education and applications in computer-aided diagnostic radiology. Internationally renowned researchers and experts in their respective areas provide detailed description of the basic foundation as well as the most recent developments in medical imaging. This book helps readers to understand theoretical and advanced concepts for important research and clinical applications.
This book helps readers to understand theoretical and advanced concepts for important research and clinical applications.
The expanded and revised edition will split Chapter 4 to include more details and examples in FMRI, DTI, and DWI for MR image modalities. The book will also expand ultrasound imaging to 3-D dynamic contrast ultrasound imaging in a separate chapter. A new chapter on Optical Imaging Modalities elaborating microscopy, confocal microscopy, endoscopy, optical coherent tomography, fluorescence and molecular imaging will be added. Another new chapter on Simultaneous Multi-Modality Medical Imaging including CT-SPECT and CT-PET will also be added. In the image analysis part, chapters on image reconstructions and visualizations will be significantly enhanced to include, respectively, 3-D fast statistical estimation based reconstruction methods, and 3-D image fusion and visualization overlaying multi-modality imaging and information. A new chapter on Computer-Aided Diagnosis and image guided surgery, and surgical and therapeutic intervention will also be added. A companion site containing power point slides, author biography, corrections to the first edition and images from the text can be found here: ftp://ftp.wiley.com/public/sci_tech_med/medical_image/ Send an email to: Pressbooks@ieee.org to obtain a solutions manual. Please include your affiliation in your email.
This benchmark text takes a unique, all-inclusive approach to the topic—one that weaves together medical physics, medical imaging instrumentation, and advanced image analysis methods.
