GPU accelerated segmentation and centerline extraction of tubular structures from medical images

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 561-575

  Smistad, Erik ^a   Elster, Anne C ^a   Lindseth, Frank ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Airway; Centerline extraction; GPU; Parallel; Segmentation; Vessel

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; LUNG; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEUROIMAGING; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84908513510     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-013-0956-x     Document Type: Article

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