Hybrid Segmentation and Exploration of the Human Lungs

Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 177-184

  Bartz, Dirk ^a   Mayer, Dirk ^b   Fischer, Jan ^a   Ley, Sebastian ^b   Del Río, Anxo ^a   Thust, Steffi ^b   Peter Heussel, Claus ^b   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^b   Straßer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multi slice CT; Segmentation; Tracheo bronchial tree; Virtual endoscopy

Indexed keywords

PULMOLOGY; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASES; VIRTUAL REALITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 0242580887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VISUAL.2003.1250370     Document Type: Conference Paper

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