This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI'98, held in Cambridge, MA, USA, in October 1998.
The 134 revised papers presented were carefully selected from a total of 243 submissions. The book is divided into topical sections on surgical planning, surgical navigation and measurements, cardiac image analysis, medical robotic systems, surgical systems and simulators, segmentation, computational neuroanatomy, biomechanics, detection in medical images, data acquisition and processing, neurosurgery and neuroscience, shape analysis, feature extraction, registration, and ultrasound.

Planning and evaluation of reorienting osteotomies of the proximal femur in cases of SCFE using virtual three-dimensional models

Computer-aided planning of patellofemoral joint OA surgery: Developing physical models from patient MRI
Computer assisted orthognathic surgery
Computer-aided image-guided bone fracture surgery: Modeling, visualization, and preoperative planning
A surgical planning and guidance system for high tibial osteotomies
Measurement of intraoperative brain surface deformation under a craniotomy
Clinical experience with a high precision image-guided neurosurgery system
Three-dimensional reconstruction and surgical navigation in padiatric epilepsy surgery
Treatment of pelvic ring fractures: Percutaneous computer assisted iliosacral screwing
Model tags: Direct 3D tracking of heart wall motion from tagged MR images
Quantitative three dimensional echocardiography: Methodology, validation, and clinical applications
Measurement of 3D motion of myocardialmaterial points from explicit B-surface reconstruction of tagged MRI data
3D reconstruction from projection matrices in a C-arm based 3D-angiography system
Multiscale vessel enhancement filtering
Fast quantification of abdominal aortic aneurysms from CTA volumes
3-D fusion of biplane angiography and intravascular ultrasound for accurate visualization and volumetry
Patient-specific analysis of left ventricular blood flow
Dense 2D displacement reconstruction from SPAMM-MRI with constrained elastic splines: Implementation and validation
Motion analysis of the right ventricle from MRI Images
Magnetic resonance guided radiofrequency ablation: Creation and visualization of cardiac lesions
Human versus robotic organ retraction during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication
A new laparoscope manipulator with an optical zoom
A newly developed stereotactic robot with detachable drive for neurosurgery
Calibration of video cameras to the coordinate system of a radiation therapytreatment machine
An image overlay system for medical data visualization
Volumetric image guidance via a stereotactic endoscope
The application accuracy of the frameless implantable marker system and analysis of related affecting factors
Multi-level strategy for Computer-Assisted Transbronchial Biopsy
A fast, accurate and easy method to position oral implant using computed tomography
Experimental protocol of accuracy evaluation of 6-D localizers for computer-integrated surgery: Application to four optical localizers
Visualization and evaluation of prostate needle biopsy
Virtual endoscope system with force sensation
Using region-of-interest based finite element modelling for brain-surgery simulation
An image processing environment for guiding vascular MR interventions
Fluoroscopic image processing for computer-aided orthopaedic surgery
Probe design to robustly locate anatomical features
Concepts and results in the development of a hybrid tracking system for CAS
Computer-assisted interstitial brachytherapy
3-D model supported prostate biopsy simulation and evaluation
Human factors in tele-inspection and tele-surgery: Cooperative manipulation under asynchronous video and control feedback
Computer assisted coronary intervention by use of on-line 3D reconstruction and optimal view strategy
A robotic approach to HIFU based neurosurgery
Virtual surgery system using deformable organ models and force feedback system with three fingers
A modular surgical robotic system for image guided percutaneous procedures
Optimum designed micro active forceps with built-in fiberscope for retinal microsurgery
Gauging clinical practice: Surgical navigation for total hip replacement
Adaptive template moderated spatially varying statistical classification
Automatic quantification of MS lesions in 3D MRI brain data sets: Validation of INSECT
Computer-aided diagnostic system for pulmonary nodules using helical CT images
Enhanced spatial priors