Analysis of branching tubular structures in 3D digital images

IEEE International Conference on Image Processing

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Kiraly, A P ^a   Higgins, W E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA STRUCTURES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VECTORS;

BRANCHING TREE STRUCTURES; BRANCHING TUBULAR STRUCTURES; GENERIC TREE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER ASSESSMENT; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036450165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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