Vessel segmentation in medical imaging using a tight-frame-based algorithm

SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 464-486

  Cai, Xiaohao ^a   Chan, Raymond ^a   Morigi, Serena ^b   Sgallari, Fiorella ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic image segmentation; Medical imaging; Tight frame; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMPULSE NOISE REMOVALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES; SEGMENTATION METHODS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE; TIGHT-FRAME;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMPULSE NOISE; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84875904928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19364954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/110843472     Document Type: Article

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