Three-dimensional reconstruction of the bronchial tree in volumetric computerized tomography: Application to computerized tomography bronchography

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Fetita, Catalin ^a   Prêteux, Françoise ^a   Grenier, Philippe ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIAL TREE; PULMONARY AIRWAYS; VOLUME-RENDERING TECHNIQUE; VOLUMETRIC COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOPOLOGY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748039445     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2201751     Document Type: Article

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