A new automatic skeletonization algorithm for 3D vascular volumes

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1565-1568

  Jiang, H ^a   Alperin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

3D vascular volume; Distance map; Skeleton; Skeleton node

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; INTERPOLATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DISTANCE MAPS; SKELETON NODES; SKELETONIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) VASCULAR VOLUMES;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 11144250832     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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