Extraction of brain vessels from magnetic resonance angiographic images: Concise literature review, challenges, and proposals

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

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 1422-1425

  Luo, Suhuai ^a   Zhong, Youliang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BRAIN VESSELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY (MRA); VASCULAR DISEASES; VESSEL EXTRACTION;

BRAIN;

EID: 33846915131     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2005.1616697     Document Type: Conference Paper

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