A novel multi-purpose tree and path matching algorithm with application to airway trees

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6143 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kaftan, Jens N ^a   Kiraly, Atilla P ^b   Naidich, David P ^c   Novak, Carol L ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Computed tomography; Path matching; Pulmonary airways; Pulmonary arteries; Tree matching

Indexed keywords

CHEST CT; PATH MATCHING; PULMONARY AIRWAYS; PULMONARY ARTERIES; TREE MATCHING;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SCANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745336425     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.652440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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