Three-dimensional blood vessel quantification via centerline deformation

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-414

  Kang, Dong Goo ^a,b   Suh, Dae Chul ^c   Ra, Jong Beom ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Centerline deformation; Complementary geodesic distance field; Model based quantification; Region based active tube model

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DEFORMATION; GEODESY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CENTERLINE DEFORMATION; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPLEMENTARY GEODESIC DISTANCE FIELD; COMPUTER-GENERATED PHANTOMS; DATA-SETS; DEFORMABLE TUBES; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHIES; DISTANCE FIELDS; ENERGY FUNCTIONALS; GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS; MODEL-BASED QUANTIFICATION; NOVEL METHODS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; REGION-BASED ACTIVE TUBE MODEL; REGISTRATION PROCESS; VESSEL LUMINA; VESSEL QUANTIFICATIONS; VESSEL SEGMENTS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSELS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 61449173907     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2008.2004651     Document Type: Article

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