Important parameters in quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) are the severity and length of the lesion, the radius of the nonstenotic part of the affected vessel segment and th...
J. Christiaens, Rik Van de Walle, P. Gheeraert, Y....
Segmentation of CSF and pulsative blood flow, based on a single phase contrast MRA (PC-MRA) image can lead to imperfect classifications. In this paper, we present a novel automated...
Ali Gooya, Hongen Liao, Kiyoshi Matsumiya, Ken Mas...
Abstract--This work provides a model for tubular structures, and devises an algorithm to automatically extract tubular anatomical structures from medical imagery. Our model fits ma...
Vandana Mohan, Ganesh Sundaramoorthi, Allen Tannen...
Calcified coronary arteries can cause severe cardiac problems and may provoke an infarction of the heart’s wall. An established treatment method is the bypass operation. The usa...
This paper describes a new method of combining ray casting with segmented tubular objects, such as blood vessels, for purposes of clinically useful display. The method first projec...