Segmentation of volumetric MRA images by using capillary active contour

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 317-329

  Yan, Pingkun ^a   Kassim, Ashraf A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Capillary action; Deformable models; Geodesic active contour; Level set; Magnetic resonance angiography; Vessel segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CAPILLARY ACTION; DEFORMABLE MODELS; GEODESIC ACTIVE CONTOUR; LEVEL SET; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; VESSEL SEGMENTATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVOLUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33645884698     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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