Multi-step differential approaches for the localization of 3D point landmarks in medical images

Journal of Computing and Information Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 435-447

  Frantz, Sönke ^a   Rohr, Karl ^a   Siegfried Stiehl, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D anatomical point landmarks; 3D differential edge intersection approach; 3D differential operators; Subvoxel localization

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

3D DIFFERENTIAL EDGE INTERSECTION APPROACH; ANATOMICAL POINT LANDMARKS; DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS; LANDMARK LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; LOCALIZATION PERFORMANCE; SUBPIXEL LOCALIZATION; SUBVOXEL LOCALIZATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0037771574     PISSN: 13301136     EISSN: 18463908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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