A region growing vessel segmentation algorithm based on spectrum information

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Jiang, Huiyan ^a,b   He, Baochun ^a   Fang, Di ^a   Ma, Zhiyuan ^a   Yang, Benqiang ^c   Zhang, Libo ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EDGE INFORMATION; GROWTH STRATEGY; MANUAL INTERVENTION; REGION GROWING METHODS; REGION OF INTEREST; SPECTRUM INFORMATION; VASCULAR STRUCTURES; VESSEL SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; SPECTRUM; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER; RADIOGRAPHY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RETINAL VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890033267     PISSN: 1748670X     EISSN: 17486718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/743870     Document Type: Article

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