Semi-Automatic Segmentation of Vascular Network Images Using a Rotating Structuring Element (ROSE) with Mathematical Morphology and Dual Feature Thresholding

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 385-392

  Thackray, Brett D ^a   Nelson, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY;

DUAL FEATURE THRESHOLDING; ROTATING STRUCTURING ELEMENT; ROTATION ANGLES; SEMI AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; VASCULAR NETWORK IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0027659236     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.241865     Document Type: Article

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