DocumentCode
3416115
Title
Segmentation and analysis of pulmonary blood vessel from X-ray CT images
Author
Suzuki, Hideo ; Inaoka, Noriko ; Mori, Masaki ; Takabatake, Hirotsugu ; Suzuki, Akira
Author_Institution
IBM Japan Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
fYear
1988
fDate
4-7 Nov. 1988
Firstpage
404
Abstract
Methods are proposed that allow the 3-D pulmonary structure to be reconstructed by automatic segmentation and analysis of pulmonary blood vessels with 1-cm thickness in chest X-ray CT images. Techniques are fully described for enhancement of the edges in a set of CT images and measurement of the line width in binary images. The results suggest that the segmented blood vessels are accurately extracted and that the measured values are effective for 3-D reconstruction, which is studied separately.<>
Keywords
blood; computerised picture processing; computerised tomography; lung; 3D reconstruction; automatic segmentation; binary images; blood vessel analysis; blood vessel segmentation; chest X-ray CT images; edge enhancement; line width; medical diagnostic imaging; pulmonary blood vessel;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94579
Filename
94579
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