Extraction of the hepatic vasculature in rats using 3-D micro-CT images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 964-971

  Wan, Shu Yen ^a   Kiraly, Atilla P ^a   Ritman, Erik L ^a   Higgins, William E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENDOSCOPY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HEPATIC IMAGING; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; LETTER; LIVER; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RATS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034257873     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.887843     Document Type: Article

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