It is the objective of this lecture to introduce the basic concepts usedin Medical Image Analysis. In particular the lecture focuses on shaperepresentation schemes, segmentation techniques, machine learning based predictive models and various image registration methods commonly used in Medical Image Analysis applications.

This is a seminar lecture focusing on recent research topics in biomedical image computing, machine learning techniques related to interpreting biomedical images and medical data in general. Every week a different topic will be presented and discussed.