Computer Vision, Virtual Reality and Robotics in Medicine: First International Conference, CVRMed '95, Nice, France, April 3 - 6, 1995. Proceedings ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science

This volume comprises the proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Vision, Virtual Reality and Robotics in Medicine, Nice, France in April 1995. Besides numerous halftones, the book contains 9 pages in colour. The 73 carefully selected papers reflect the state-of-the-art in this exciting new area of interdisciplinary research and development by documenting the cross-fertilization between computer science research work and advanced applications in medicine. The volume is organized in sections on segmentation, augmented reality, telemedicine, simulation, robotics, atlases, registration, motion, reconstruction, and vessels. It thus covers medical image understanding, registration problems in medicine, therapy planning, simulation and control.