Title :
Multi-dimensional vessels extraction using crest lines
Author :
Prinet, Véronique ; Mona, O. ; Rocchisani, Jean-marie
Author_Institution :
Inst. Nat. de Recherche en Inf. et Autom., Le Chesnay, France
Abstract :
This paper presents a method to extract vessels from 3D angiograms using the image as an hypersurface. The approach consists in finding the geometrical characteristics of the image that define the vessel center-lines. Results obtained on synthetic data and on real angiograms are discussed
Keywords :
biomedical NMR; diagnostic radiography; edge detection; medical image processing; 3D angiograms; 3D computerized X-ray imaging; crest lines; hypersurface; image geometrical characteristics; magnetic resonance angiography; medical diagnostic imaging; multidimensional vessels extraction; real angiograms; synthetic data; Angiography; Biomedical imaging; Data mining; Filtering; Geometry; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Optical imaging; Surface treatment; X-ray imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575166
