Region-based geometric modelling of human airways and arterial vessels

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-121

  Ding, Songlin ^a   Ye, Yong ^a   Tu, Jiyuan ^a   Subic, Aleksandar ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway tree; Bronchus; Geometric modelling; Vessel

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY TREES; ARTERIAL VESSELS; BLOOD FLOW; GEOMETRIC MODELLING; GEOMETRIC MODELS; HUMAN AIRWAY; HUMAN BODIES; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; MR IMAGES; POINT CLOUD; REGION-BASED; SEARCHING ALGORITHMS; SURFACE PATCHES;

CLOUDS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ACCURACY; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY; ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRONCHUS; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRIC MODELLING; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ARTERIES; BRONCHI; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 75149140833     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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