A tracking algorithm for extracting ridge lines in three-dimensional gray images using curvature of four-dimensional hypersurface

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 25-37

  Hirano, Yasushi ^a,c   Shimizu, Akinobu ^a   Hasegawa, Jun Ichi ^b   Toriwaki, Jun Ichiro ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curvatures of four dimensional hypersurface; Ridge line tracking; Thinning; Three dimensional gray image

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING;

CURVATURE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL HYPERSURFACE; RIDGE LINE TRACKING; THINNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAY IMAGES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0035891896     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/scj.1075     Document Type: Article

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