Title :
Extraction of Tenuous Vasculature in Medical Images
Author :
Cheng Ming ; Huang Xiaoyang ; Huang Shaohui ; Wang Boliang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen
Abstract :
This paper presents a method for the extraction of tenuous vasculature in medical images. The method includes the following steps: maximum intensity projection (MIP), two-dimensional vasculature extraction, three-dimensional seed point generation, and three-dimensional vasculature extraction. The regular region growing algorithm is revised and the extraction result is improved. Little intervention is needed during the processing, except that four parameters should be designated.
Keywords :
medical image processing; CT images; maximum intensity projection; medical images; tenuous vasculature; three-dimensional seed point generation; two-dimensional vasculature extraction; Arteries; Biomedical imaging; Blood; Computed tomography; Image segmentation; Liver neoplasms; Medical treatment; Pixel; Portals; Veins;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2008. ICBBE 2008. The 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1747-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1748-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2008.940
