Skeletonization by blocks for large 3D datasets: Application to brain microcirculation

2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 89-92

  Fouard, C ^a,b,d   Malandain, G ^a   Prohaska, S ^c   Westerhoff, M ^d   Cassot, F ^b   Mazel, C ^d   Asselot, D ^d   Marc Vergnes, J P ^b  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

^d INDEED Visual Concept Berlin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROCIRCULATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TOPOLOGY;

CONFORMAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RESOLUTIONS; MICRO-VASCULAR ANATOMY; SKELETONIZATION;

BRAIN;

EID: 10044238472     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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