Semi-automatic coronary artery centerline extraction in computed tomography angiography data

2007 4th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 856-859

  Metz, Coert ^a   Schaap, Michiel ^a   Van Der Giessen, Alina ^a   Van Walsum, Theo ^a   Niessen, Wiro ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Centerline extraction; Computed tomography angiography; Coronary arteries; Quantitative evaluation; Vessel enhancement

Indexed keywords

CENTERLINE EXTRACTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; VESSEL ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DATA REDUCTION;

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 36348941738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2007.356987     Document Type: Conference Paper

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