Fast 3D centerline computation for tubular structures by front collapsing and fast marching

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 4109-4112

  Cárdenes, Rubén ^a,b   Bogunovic, Hrvoje ^a,b   Frangi, Alejandro F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Centerline; Distance transform; Fast marching; Medial axis; Skeleton; Tubular

Indexed keywords

CENTERLINES; DISTANCE TRANSFORMS; FAST-MARCHING; MEDIAL AXIS; SKELETON; TUBULAR;

IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78651100055     PISSN: 15224880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5651609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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