Medical image processing methods for the development of a virtual endoscope

Periodica Polytechnica Electrical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Szilágyi, László ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

3 D surface reconstruction; Endoscope; Magnetic resonance imaging; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3-D SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN BODY; MULTI-STEP ALGORITHMS; VIRTUAL ENDOSCOPES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 34047142632     PISSN: 03246000     EISSN: 15873781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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