CAD scheme for detection of intracranial aneurysms in MRA based on 3D analysis of vessel skeletons and enhanced aneurysms

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5747, Issue II, 2005, Pages 967-974

  Arimura, Hidetaka ^a   Li, Qiang ^b   Korogi, Yukunori ^c   Hirai, Toshinori ^d   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^d   Katsuragawa, Shigehiko ^d   Ikeda, Ryuji ^e   Doi, Kunio ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c School of Medicine   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Intracranial aneurysms; Magnetic resonance angiography; Selective enhancement filters; Vessel skeleton

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RADIOLOGY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS; INTERCRANIAL ANEURYSMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SELECTIVE ENHANCEMENT FIBERS; VESSEL SKELETON;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 23844454299     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.593574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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