Skeletonization applied to magnetic resonance angiography images

Ingela Nystroem

doi:10.1117/12.310949

24 June 1998 Skeletonization applied to magnetic resonance angiography images

Ingela Nystroem

Proceedings Volume 3338, Medical Imaging 1998: Image Processing; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310949
Event: Medical Imaging '98, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

When interpreting and analyzing magnetic resonance angiography images, the 3D overall tree structure and the thickness of the blood vessels are of interest. This shape information may be easier to obtain from the skeleton of the blood vessels. Skeletonization of digital volume objects denotes either reduction to a 2D structure consisting of 3D surfaces, and curves, or reduction to a 1D structure consisting of 3D curves only. Thin elongated objects, such as blood vessels, are well suited for reduction to curve skeletons. Our results indicate that the tree structure of the vascular system is well represented by the skeleton. Positions for possible artery stenoses may be identified by locating local minima in curve skeletons, where the skeletal voxels are labeled with the distance to the original background.

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Ingela Nystroem "Skeletonization applied to magnetic resonance angiography images", Proc. SPIE 3338, Medical Imaging 1998: Image Processing, (24 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.310949

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