Vessel axis tracking using topology constrained surface evolution

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-316

  Manniesing, Rashindra ^b   Viergever, Max A ^a,c   Niessen, Wiro J ^b  

^a IEEE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Computed tomography angiography (CTA); Skull base; Surface evolution; Topology; Vessel tracking

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY (CTA); SKULL BASE; SURFACE EVOLUTION; VESSEL TRACKING;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847782665     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2006.891503     Document Type: Article

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