Image Processing and Analysis in Biomechanics
Call for Papers
Computational methodologies of signal processing and analysis based on 1D-4D data are commonly used in different applications in society. In particular, image processing and analysis methodologies have enjoyed increased deployment in automated recognition, human-machine interfaces, computer-aided diagnostics, robotics surgery, and biomechanics analysis.
Image processing and analysis is fundamentally a multidisciplinary area, combining elements of informatics, mathematics, statistics, psychology, mechanics and physics, among others. One of the more important applications of image processing and analysis can be found in medical imagery, which continually promotes new research and development. Present trends include using statistical or physical procedures on medical images in order to have different objectives, such as organ segmentation, shape reconstruction, motion and deformation analysis, organ registration and comparison, virtual reality, computer-assisted therapy, or biomechanic analysis and simulation.
The research related with analysis and simulation of biomechanical structures has been a source of many challenging problems, involving geometric modeling, numerical modeling, biomechanics, material models for living tissues, experimental methodologies, and mechanobiology, as well as their application in clinical environments. A critical component for true realistic biomechanical analysis and simulations is to obtain accurately, from images, the geometric data and the behavior of the desired structures. For that, the use of automatic, efficient, and robust techniques of image processing and analysis is required.
The main objective of this Special Issue on Image Processing and Analysis in Biomechanics is to bring together recent advances in the field. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Signal processing in biomechanical applications
- Data interpolation, registration, acquisition and compression in biomechanics
- Segmentation of objects in images for biomechanical applications
- 3D reconstruction of objects from images for biomechanical applications
- 2D/3D tracking and object analysis in images for biomechanical applications
- 3D vision in biomechanics
- Biomechanical applications involving image processing and analysis algorithms
- Virtual reality in biomechanics
- Software development for image processing and analysis in biomechanics
Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asp/guidelines.html. Authors should follow the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing manuscript format described at the journal site http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asp/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/, according to the following timetable:
| Manuscript Due | May 1, 2009 |
| First Round of Reviews | August 1, 2009 |
| Publication Date | November 1, 2009 |
Lead Guest Editor
- João Manuel R. S. Tavares, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Guest Editor
- R. M. Natal Jorge, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal