TY - GEN
T1 - Fast 3D centerline computation for tubular structures by front collapsing and fast marching
AU - Cárdenes, Rubén
AU - Bogunovic, Hrvoje
AU - Frangi, Alejandro F.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this work, we propose a fast approach to compute centerlines from 3D tubular domains. This technique is based on the distance transform (DT) from the object boundaries, whose implementation together with an efficient technique to detect the points where the DT collapse, allow to obtain an initial centerline, very close to the final solution. This initial centerline and the DT computed, are used in a second step to obtain a connected, one voxel thick centerline, with a fast marching approach. The method proposed here is accurate, computationally efficient, fully automatic, is able to account for loops, and also obtains the bifurcation and end points automatically.
AB - In this work, we propose a fast approach to compute centerlines from 3D tubular domains. This technique is based on the distance transform (DT) from the object boundaries, whose implementation together with an efficient technique to detect the points where the DT collapse, allow to obtain an initial centerline, very close to the final solution. This initial centerline and the DT computed, are used in a second step to obtain a connected, one voxel thick centerline, with a fast marching approach. The method proposed here is accurate, computationally efficient, fully automatic, is able to account for loops, and also obtains the bifurcation and end points automatically.
KW - Centerline
KW - Distance transform
KW - Fast marching
KW - Medial axis
KW - Skeleton
KW - Tubular
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U2 - 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5651609
DO - 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5651609
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78651100055
SN - 9781424479948
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
SP - 4109
EP - 4112
BT - 2010 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2010 - Proceedings
T2 - 2010 17th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2010
Y2 - 26 September 2010 through 29 September 2010
ER -