Automated segmentation of thoracic aorta in non-contrast CT images

2008 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, Proceedings, ISBI

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 29-32

  Kurkure, Uday ^a   Avila Montes, Olga C ^a   Kakadiaris, Ioannis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; CT; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

AORTA; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; CT; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; SEGMENTATION;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 51049088840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2008.4540924     Document Type: Conference Paper

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