3D Diagnostic Imaging of Blood Vessels using an X-Ray Rotational Angiographic System

AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn SS-94-05, Issue , 1994, Pages 169-172

  Niki, Noboru ^a   Kawata, Yoshiki ^a   Kumazaki, Tatsuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

3-D IMAGE; 3D-IMAGES; CONE-BEAM PROJECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; PROJECTION ANALYSIS; PROJECTION IMAGE; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; VESSEL IMAGES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 33747443886     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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