An automatic and fast centerline extraction algorithm for virtual colonoscopy

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 5149-5152

  Jiang, Guangxiang ^a   Gu, Lixu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISEASES; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CENTERLINE EXTRACTION ALGORITHMS; COLON; DISTANCE MAPPING ALGORITHMS; VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

EID: 33846900199     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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