An interactive fly-path planning using potential fields and cell decomposition for virtual endoscopy

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1045-1049

  Chiou, Rui C H ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BONE; CAMERAS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY;

ENDOSCOPY;

EID: 0033337132     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.790824     Document Type: Article

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