Three-dimensional skeleton and centerline generation based on an approximate minimum distance field

Visual Computer

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 303-314

  Zhou, Yong ^a,b   Kaufman, Arie ^b   Toga, Arthur W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Stony Brook   (United States)

Author keywords

3D skeleton and centerline; Distance transformation; Navigation; Volume visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001296136     PISSN: 01782789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003710050142     Document Type: Article

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