A Hybrid Method for Vascular Segmentation

Yongqiang ZHAO
Minglu LI

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems   Vol.E88-D    No.6    pp.1304-1305
Publication Date: 2005/06/01
Online ISSN: 
DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/e88-d.6.1304
Print ISSN: 0916-8532
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Image Processing and Video Processing
Keyword: 
flux maximizing,  GAC,  segmentation,  vascular,  

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Summary: 
This letter presents a method to extract vascular structures from magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) volumes based on the geometric variational principle. A minimal function is coupled with flux maximizing geometric flows and the geodesic active surface model while the geometrical description of vessel structure is added. Furthermore, the level set method represents the surface evolution as it is intrinsic and topologically flexible.


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