Conference proceeding
Quantitative analysis of three-dimensional tubular tree structures
Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.5032(1), pp.277-287
Medical Imaging 2003: Image Processing
05/16/2003
DOI: 10.1117/12.481127
Abstract
Quantitative assessment of tree structures is very important for evaluation of airway or vascular tree morphology and its associated function. Our skeletonization and branch-point identification method provides a basis for tree quantification or tree matching, tree-branch diameter measurement in any orientation, and labeling individual branch segments. All main components of our method were specifically developed to deal with imaging artifacts typically present in volumetric medical image data. The proposed method has been tested in a computer phantom subjected to changes of its orientation as well as in a repeatedly CT-scanned rigid plastic phantom. In all cases, our method produced reliable and well positioned centerlines and branch-points.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Quantitative analysis of three-dimensional tubular tree structures
- Creators
- Kalman Palagyi - University of IowaJuerg Tschirren - University of IowaMilan Sonka - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.5032(1), pp.277-287
- Conference
- Medical Imaging 2003: Image Processing
- DOI
- 10.1117/12.481127
- ISSN
- 0277-786X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/16/2003
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Radiation Oncology; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center; Injury Prevention Research Center; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984186705702771
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