Vessel axis determination using wave front propagation analysis

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2208, Issue , 2001, Pages 845-853

  Wink, O ^a   Niessen, W J ^a   Verdonck, B ^b   Viergever, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANGIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; CENTRAL VESSEL AXIS; CONNECTED STRUCTURES; MINIMUM COST PATHS; SINGLE USERS;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 84958154310     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45468-3_101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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