Gap filling of 3-D microvascular networks by tensor voting

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 674-687

  Risser, Laurent ^a   Plouraboué, Franck ^a   Descombes, Xavier ^b  

^a IMFT   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

Gap filling; Skeleton; Tensor voting; Vessel extraction; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOLOGY;

GAP FILLING; SKELETONIZATION; TENSOR VOTING; VESSEL EXTRACTION; X RAY IMAGING;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROCIRCULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43049153019     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2007.913248     Document Type: Article

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