Erode/dilate analysis of micro-CT images of porcine myocardial microvasculature

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7626, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kline, Timothy L ^a   Dong, Yue ^b   Zamir, Mair ^c   Ritman, Erik L ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centerline extraction; Microsphere embolization; Vascular tree

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; CENTERLINE EXTRACTION; CORONARY ARTERIES; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EMBOLIZATION; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; IN-CONTROL; IN-VIVO; MICRO CT; MICRO-VASCULATURE; MULTISCALES; SEGMENT LENGTHS; VASCULAR TREES;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSPHERES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953296205     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.845611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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