3D skeleton for virtual colonoscopy

Yaorong Ge; David R. Stelts; David J. Vining

doi:10.1007/bfb0046985

3D skeleton for virtual colonoscopy

Yaorong Ge, David R. Stelts, David J. Vining

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Abstract

This paper describes an improved algorithm for generating 3D skeletons from binary objects and its clinical application to virtual colonoscopy. A skeleton provides an ideal central path for an auto-piloted examination of a virtual colon rendered from a spiral computed tomography scan.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Visualization in Biomedical Computing - 4th International Conference, VBC 1996, Proceedings
Editors	Karl Heinz Hohne, Ron Kikinis
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	449-454
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	3540616497, 9783540616498
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0046985
State	Published - 1996
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th International Conference on Visualization in Biomedical Computing, VBC 1996 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: Sep 22 1996 → Sep 25 1996

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	1131
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Other

Other	4th International Conference on Visualization in Biomedical Computing, VBC 1996
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	9/22/96 → 9/25/96

Keywords

3D skeleton
Thinning
Virtual colonoscopy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Ge, Y., Stelts, D. R., & Vining, D. J. (1996). 3D skeleton for virtual colonoscopy. In K. H. Hohne, & R. Kikinis (Eds.), Visualization in Biomedical Computing - 4th International Conference, VBC 1996, Proceedings (pp. 449-454). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 1131). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0046985

3D skeleton for virtual colonoscopy. / Ge, Yaorong; Stelts, David R.; Vining, David J.
Visualization in Biomedical Computing - 4th International Conference, VBC 1996, Proceedings. ed. / Karl Heinz Hohne; Ron Kikinis. Springer Verlag, 1996. p. 449-454 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 1131).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Ge, Y, Stelts, DR & Vining, DJ 1996, 3D skeleton for virtual colonoscopy. in KH Hohne & R Kikinis (eds), Visualization in Biomedical Computing - 4th International Conference, VBC 1996, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 1131, Springer Verlag, pp. 449-454, 4th International Conference on Visualization in Biomedical Computing, VBC 1996, Hamburg, Germany, 9/22/96. https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0046985

Ge Y, Stelts DR, Vining DJ. 3D skeleton for virtual colonoscopy. In Hohne KH, Kikinis R, editors, Visualization in Biomedical Computing - 4th International Conference, VBC 1996, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 1996. p. 449-454. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/bfb0046985

Ge, Yaorong ; Stelts, David R. ; Vining, David J. / 3D skeleton for virtual colonoscopy. Visualization in Biomedical Computing - 4th International Conference, VBC 1996, Proceedings. editor / Karl Heinz Hohne ; Ron Kikinis. Springer Verlag, 1996. pp. 449-454 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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