Cramér-rao bounds for estimating the position and width of 3D tubular structures and analysis of thin structures with application to vascular images

Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-180

  Wörz, Stefan ^a   Rohr, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D position and widt estimate; 3D tubular structures; Cram r Rao Bound (CRB); Performance characterization; Thin structures; Vessel segmentation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION; THIN STRUCTURES; TUBULAR STRUCTURES; VESSEL SEGMENTATION; WIDTH ESTIMATE;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 37849043685     PISSN: 09249907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10851-007-0041-6     Document Type: Article

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