A model-based consecutive scanline tracking method for extracting vascular networks from 2-D digital subtraction angiograms

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-249

  Zou, Ping ^a   Chan, Philip ^a   Rockett, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonlinear model fitting; Vascular network modeling; Vessel extraction; Vessel tracking; X ray angiograms

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR MODEL FITTING; VASCULAR NETWORK MODELING; VESSEL EXTRACTION; VESSEL TRACKING; X-RAY ANGIOGRAMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 59449085093     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2008.929100     Document Type: Article

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