Automated segmentation of coronary vessels in angiographic image sequences utilizing temporal, spatial and structural constraints

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2359, Issue , 1994, Pages 25-37

  O'Brien, James F ^a   Ezquerra, Norberto F ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; VISUALIZATION;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; ANGIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; CORONARY VESSEL; SPATIAL COHERENCE; STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; VASCULAR SYSTEM;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 85076761921     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.185183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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