Title:    Integrated Chest Image Analysis System ``BU-MIA''

Authors:  Margrit Betke, Boston University
          Jingbin Wang,  Boston University
          Jane P. Ko, New York University

Date: January 7, 2004

Abstract: 

We introduce ``BU-MIA,'' a Medical Image Analysis system that
integrates various advanced chest image analysis methods for
detection, estimation, segmentation, and registration. BU-MIA
evaluates repeated computed tomography (CT) scans of the same patient
to facilitate identification and evaluation of pulmonary nodules for
interval growth. It provides a user-friendly graphical user interface
with a number of interaction tools for development, evaluation, and
validation of chest image analysis methods. The structures that BU-MIA
processes include the thorax, lungs, and trachea, pulmonary
structures, such as lobes, fissures, nodules, and vessels, and bones,
such as sternum, vertebrae, and ribs.