Dynamic template-based method for three-dimensional virtual-endoscopic exploration

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2162-2175

  Brady, Martin L ^a   Ramaswamy, Krishnan ^b   Srinivasan, Rajagopalan ^c   Higgins, William E ^d  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Radionics Software Applications   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PULMONARY IMAGING;

ENDOSCOPY;

EID: 0033281113     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602325     Document Type: Article

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