Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences II

For some time, medicine has been an important driver in the development of data processing and visualization techniques. Technology offers the capacity to generate larger and more complex data sets related to images and simulations. This in turn creates the need for more effective visualization tools for medical practitioners to interpret and utilize data in meaningful ways. §The first edition of Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences emerged from a workshop convened to explore the significant data visualization challenges created by emerging technologies in the life sciences. The workshop and the book addressed questions of whether medical data visualization (VMLS) approaches can be devised or improved to meet these challenges, with the promise of ultimately being adopted by medical experts. §Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences II follows the second international VMLS workshop, held in Bremerhaven, Germany, in July 2009. Internationally renowned experts from the visualization and driving medical application areas came together for this second workshop held in Bremerhaven, Germany, in July 2009. §The book presents peer-reviewed research and survey papers which document and discuss subsequent progress, explore new approaches to data processing and visualization and assess new challenges and research directions. §The assembled papers span the frontiers of VMLS, examining these topics: §· Feature Extraction§· Classification§· Volumes and Shapes §· Tensor Visualization§· Visualizing Genes, Proteins and MoleculesFor some time, medicine has been an important driver in the development of data processing and visualization techniques. Technology offers the capacity to generate larger and more complex data sets related to images and simulations. This in turn creates the need for more effective visualization tools for medical practitioners to interpret and utilize data in meaningful ways. §The first edition of Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences emerged from a workshop convened to explore the significant data visualization challenges created by emerging technologies in the life sciences. The workshop and the book addressed questions of whether medical data visualization (VMLS) approaches can be devised or improved to meet these challenges, with the promise of ultimately being adopted by medical experts. §Visualization in Medicine and Life Sciences II follows the second international VMLS workshop, held in Bremerhaven, Germany, in July 2009. Internationally renowned experts from the visualization and driving medical application areas came together for this second workshop held in Bremerhaven, Germany, in July 2009. §The book presents peer-reviewed research and survey papers which document and discuss subsequent progress, explore new approaches to data processing and visualization and assess new challenges and research directions.