A novel method of extracting 3D blood vessel images axis based on energy constraint equation

Journal of Computational Information Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1319-1327

  Wang, Yongsheng ^a   Li, Junli ^a   Chen, Shuang ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3D distance transformation; 3D thinning algorithm; Axis extraction; Energy constraint equation

Indexed keywords

3D THINNING; AXIS EXTRACTION; DISTANCE FIELD; DISTANCE TRANSFORMATION; ENERGY CONSTRAINT; ENERGY CONSTRAINT EQUATION; GRADIENT DIRECTION; MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; MINIMUM VALUE; NOVEL METHODS; SKELETON CURVES; THINNING ALGORITHM; VESSEL IMAGES;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 79955733750     PISSN: 15539105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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