Application of active contours for photochromic tracer flow extraction

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 284-293

  Androutsos, D ^a   Trahanias, P E ^a   Venetsanopoulos, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active contours; Correlation matching; Flow trace extraction automation; Image gradient direction; Photochromic flow trace

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER VISION; DYES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; PHOTOCHROMISM;

ARTERIAL BLOOD FLOW; FLOW TRACE EXTRACTION; PHOTOCHROMIC TRACERS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0031150142     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.585762     Document Type: Article

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