Vessel Centerline Tracking in CTA and MRA Images Using Hough Transform
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چکیده
We proposed a semi-automated method to detect and track vessel centerlines in CTA and MRA images. During the tracking process, we analyze probable bifucation points. The methodology has shown to work well under significant amounts of noise. The main contribution of this work is the use of HT to define the seed point for tracking and detecting the vessel scale without resorting to multiscale analysis techniques.
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