Effective visualization of complex vascular structures using a non-parametric vessel detection method

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1603-1610

  Joshi, Alark ^a   Qian, Xiaoning ^b   Dione, Donald P ^a   Bulsara, Ketan R ^a   Breuer, Christopher K ^a   Sinusas, Albert J ^a   Papademetris, Xenophon ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation of visualization techniques; Vessel identification; Vessel visualization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; ANGIOGRAPHY IMAGES; ANIMAL STUDIES; BRANCH POINTS; CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES; DEPTH CUES; EVALUATION OF VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES; EXPERT USERS; IN VESSELS; INTENSITY PROFILES; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SURGICAL PLANNING; USER EVALUATIONS; VASCULAR STRUCTURES; VASCULATURE; VESSEL DETECTIONS; VESSEL IDENTIFICATION; VESSEL VISUALIZATION; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES;

BLENDING; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54949110151     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2008.123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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