Representing volumetric vascular structures using curve skeletons

Proceedings - 11th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing, ICIAP 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 495-500

  Nystrom, Ingela ^a   Sanniti Di Baja, Gabriella ^b   Svensson, Stina ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CONTRAST-ENHANCED; CURVE SKELETONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENTS OF; SKELETONIZATION; TREE STRUCTURES; TREE-LIKE STRUCTURES; VASCULAR STRUCTURES;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0005889265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIAP.2001.957058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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