Most of all I would like to thank my supervisor and team leader of this project, Mgr.Luk´aˇs Marˇs´ alek, for his time, patience, feedback and for many valuable advices, which gave me a lot of new ideas. His cooperation on this project was one of the best I have ever experienced. Next I would like to thank all my friends, who were always ready to help me with every problem I have asked and I am grateful to all my fellow colleagues at Laboratory Imaging, for their patience with me and for providing great working environment. I also want to thank my parents and family for their support, especially during last few weeks when I was not able to come home, but their cheers made me very happy and helped me greatly in those times.
I declare that I wrote the thesis by myself and listed all used references. I agree with making the thesis publicly available.
Prague, August 8, 2008
Vladim´ır Hrinˇc´ar
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