Skeletonization applied to magnetic resonance angiography images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3338, Issue , 1998, Pages 693-701

  Nyström, Ingela ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artery stenosis; Diagnosis application; Digital topology; MR angiography; Pattern recognition; Shape representation; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TREES (MATHEMATICS); TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ARTERY STENOSIS; DIGITAL TOPOLOGY; MR ANGIOGRAPHY; SHAPE REPRESENTATION; SKELETON;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 60849111991     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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