Vessel extraction under non-uniform illumination: A level set approach

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 358-360

  Sum, K W ^a   Cheung, Paul Y S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Active contours; Level set method; Local contrast enhancement; Medical image analysis; Nonuniform illumination; Vessel extraction

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SET THEORY;

CLINICAL ANGIOGRAMS; LEVEL SET METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONUNIFORM ILLUMINATION; VESSEL EXTRACTION;

LIGHTING;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; ILLUMINATION; IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LIGHTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37349048294     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.896587     Document Type: Article

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