A fast vessel centerline extraction algorithm for catheter simulation

Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 177-182

  Egger, Jan ^a,b   Mostarkić, Zvonimir ^a,b   Großkopf, Stefan ^b   Freisleben, Bernd ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; USER INTERFACES;

CATHETER SIMULATION; CENTERLINE EXTRACTION ALGORITHMS; POLYHEDRA;

CATHETERS;

EID: 34748843916     PISSN: 10637125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CBMS.2007.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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