Title :
Computed tomography angiography: a case study of peripheral vessel investigation
Author :
Kanitsar, Armin ; Fleischmann, Dominik ; Wegenkittl, Rainer ; Sandner, Dominique ; Felkel, Petr ; Gröller, Eduard
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput. Graphics & Algorithms, Vienna Univ. of Technol., Austria
Abstract :
This paper deals with vessel exploration based on computed tomography angiography. Large image sequences of the lower extremities are investigated in a clinical environment. Two different approaches for peripheral vessel diagnosis dealing with stenosis and calcification detection are introduced. The paper presents an automated vessel-tracking tool for curved planar reformation. An interactive segmentation tool for bone removal is proposed.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; computerised tomography; image segmentation; image sequences; medical image processing; calcification; computed tomography angiography; image sequences; interactive segmentation; optimal path computation; peripheral vessel diagnosis; stenosis; Angiography; Bones; Computed tomography; Computer aided software engineering; Computer graphics; Diseases; Extremities; Image segmentation; Radiology; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization, 2001. VIS '01. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7201-8
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.2001.964555
