Automatic axis generation for 3D virtual-bronchoscopic image assessment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3337, Issue , 1998, Pages 73-84

  Swift, R D ^a   Higgins, W E ^a   Hoffman, E A ^a   McLennan, G ^a   Reinhardt, J M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D imaging; 3D pulmonary imaging; Centerlines; Medial axis transform; Path planning; Virtual bronchoscopy; Virtual endoscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

BRONCHOSCOPY; PULMONARY IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032401662     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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