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Image Processing Methods for an Exact Reproduction of Unique Waxed Heart Specimens

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Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2002

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Abstract

Precise knowledge of cardiac anatomy forms the basis for diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart disease. Only a few centers worldwide have access to specialized pathology collections of hearts with congenital malformations. Rare specimens cannot be replaced after loss or damage. To preserve, reproduce, and publish the unique specimens of the Cardiac Registry, Children’s Hospital Boston, for worldwide teaching and research purposes, we have developed the image processing methods described in this paper. The challenge is to preserve all relevant details unaltered in the reproduced models.

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  1. Dept. MBI / H0100, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Ivo Wolf, Manuela Makabe, Matthias Thorn & Hans-Peter Meinzer

  2. Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology, Universitätskinderklinik Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler Straße 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Gerald Greil

  3. Dept. of Pathology, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Tal Geva, Stella Van Praagh & Richard Van Praagh

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  1. Institut für Informatik, Universität Leipzig, Augustusplatz 10 - 12, 04109, Leipzig, Deutschland

    Monika Meiler  & Dietmar Saupe  & 

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für neuropsychologische Forschung Leipzig, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103, Leipzig, Deutschland

    Frithjof Kruggel

  3. Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Deutschland

    Heinz Handels

  4. Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52057, Aachen, Deutschland

    Thomas M. Lehmann

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Wolf, I. et al. (2002). Image Processing Methods for an Exact Reproduction of Unique Waxed Heart Specimens. In: Meiler, M., Saupe, D., Kruggel, F., Handels, H., Lehmann, T.M. (eds) Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2002. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55983-9_8

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