A locally adaptive region growing algorithm for vascular segmentation

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 208-214

  Yi, Jaeyoun ^a   Ra, Jong Beom ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Competitive region growing; Local cube tracking; Locally adaptive region growing; Tree structured segmentation; Vessel segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA STRUCTURES; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPETITIVE REGION GROWING; LOCAL CUBE TRACKING; LOCALLY ADAPTIVE REGION GROWING ALGORITHM; TREE-STRUCTURED SEGMENTATION; VASCULAR SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0347720942     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ima.10059     Document Type: Article

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