Virtual investigation of pulmonary airways in volumetric computed tomography

Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 361-376

  Perchet, Diane ^a   Fetita, Catalin I ^b   Vial, Laurence ^b   Prêteux, Françoise ^b   Caillibotte, George ^b   Sbîrlea Apiou, Gabriela ^b   Thiriet, Marc ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Adaptive meshing; Central axis; Endoluminal navigation; Fluid flow simulation; Pulmonary airways; Virtual bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3D RECONSTRUCTION; ADAPTIVE MESHING; CENTRAL AXIS; ENDOLUMINAL NAVIGATION; FLUID FLOW SIMULATION; PULMONARY AIRWAYS; VIRTUAL BRONCHOSCOPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11844272126     PISSN: 15464261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cav.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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