Cardiovascular biomedical image analysis [Elektronische Ressource] : methods and applications / vorgelegt von Alexandru Paul Condurache

Institut für Signalverarbeitung und ProzessrechentechnikUniversität zu LübeckDirektor: Prof. Dr. Ing. Alfred MertinsCardiovascular Biomedical Image Analysis:Methods and ApplicationsInauguraldissertationzur Erlangung der Doktorwürde (Dr. Ing.)der Universität zu Lübeck– Technisch Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät –vorgelegt vonDiplom IngenieurAlexandru Paul Conduracheaus LübeckLübeck, im November 2006Referent: Priv. Doz. Dr. Ing. Erhardt BarthKoreferent: Prof. Dr. Ing. Til AachVorsitz des Prüfungsausschusses: Prof. Dr. Ing. Erik MaehleTag der mündlichen Prüfung: 23. Februar 2007gezeichnet: Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Enno Hartmann– Dekan der Technisch Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität zu Lübeck –Cardiovascular Biomedical Image Analysis: Methodsand ApplicationsAlexandru Paul CondurachePrefaceMy interest in seeing and thinking machines was ignited mainly during my high school yearsby novels such as those written by Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clark, which however, foundthe ground already prepared by Jules Verne. My study at the “Electronica” Faculty of the“Polithenica” University of Bucharest was then the consequence. The passage from science fiction to something more “earthly” happened during the last years as a student, while I was1specializing in “Imagini, Forme si Inteligenta Artificiala (IFIA)” under the guidance of myprofessor Vasile Buzuloiu and the group he lead at the “Laboratorul de Analiza si Prelucrarea2Imaginilor (LAPI)” .