Depth-map-based scene analysis for active navigation in virtual angioscopy

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1380-1390

  Haigron, P ^a   Bellemare, M E ^b   Acosta, O ^a   Goksu C ^a   Kulik, C ^a   Rioual, K ^a   Lucas, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^c SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Active virtual sensor; Automatic path; Planning; Virtual angioscopy

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NAVIGATION; SENSORS; VISUALIZATION;

ACTIVE VIRTUAL CONTROL; AUTOMATIC PATH PLANNING; VIRTUAL ANGIOSCOPY;

MOTION PLANNING;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 9244243613     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2004.836869     Document Type: Article

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