Automatic navigation path generation based on two-phase adaptive region-growing algorithm for virtual angioscopy

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-347

  Kim, Do Yeon ^a,c   Chung, Sung Mo ^b   Park, Jong Won ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adaptive region growing; Carotid artery; Medical image segmentation; Navigation path; Virtual angioscopy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

ADAPTIVE REGION GROWING; CAROTID ARTERY; MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NAVIGATION PATH; VIRTUAL ANGIOSCOPY;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAMERA; COMPUTER; ENDOSCOPY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33645005694     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.07.011     Document Type: Article

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