Statistical-model based identification of complete vessel-tree frames in coronary angiograms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5299, Issue , 2004, Pages 283-294

  Aach, Til ^a   Condurache, Alexandra ^a   Eck, Kai ^b   Bredno, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hidden Markov models; Maximum Likelihood estimation; Morphological tophat filtering; Polynomial fit; Structure tensor; Vessel enhancement; Vessel identification

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; TENSORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS (HMM); MORPHOLOGICAL TOPHAT FILTERING; POLYNOMIAL FIT; STRUCTURE TENSORS; VESSEL IDENTIFICATION; VESSEL NHANCEMENT;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 8844220444     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.526605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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