Accuracy of microvascular measurements obtained from micro-CT images

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2851-2864

  Kline, Timothy L ^a   Zamir, Mair ^b   Ritman, Erik L ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centerline extraction; Hierarchical descriptor; Modulation transfer function; Point spread function; Vascular branching geometry; Vascular imaging; Vascular tree

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MODULATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CENTERLINE EXTRACTION; DESCRIPTORS; VASCULAR BRANCHING; VASCULAR IMAGING; VASCULAR TREES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULATURE; RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROVESSELS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956722141     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0058-7     Document Type: Article

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