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2D Thinning Algorithms
Thinning is a frequently used method for skeletonization by modeling the fire-front propagation.
We proposed some sequential and parallel 2D thinning algorithms capable of producing topologically correct skeletons. |
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Thinning algorithms based on sufficient conditions for topology preservation
Thinning is a widely used pre-processing step in digital image processing and
pattern recognition. It is an iterative layer by layer erosion until only the
"skeletons" of the objects are left.
We proposed some parallel thinning algorithms that are based on some sufficient conditions for topology preservation. |
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3D Thinning Algorithms
The thinning is an iterative layer by layer erosion until only the "skeletons" of the objects are left.
We proposed various 3D thinning algorithms capable of extracting medial lines or medial surfaces as well.
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New Directions in Discrete Tomography and Its Applications in Neutron Radiography
New approaches in Discrete Tomography are investigated. Studies are concentrating on absorbed projections, fan-beam geometry, new geometrical properties of discrete sets. Besides, new application fields (such as neutron radiography) are studied. |
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Assessment of tracheal stenoses, infra-renal aortic aneurysms, and colorectal polyps
Skeletonization has been successfully applied in the following three medical applications:
assessment of laryngotracheal stenosis,
assessment of infrarenal aortic aneurysm, and
unravelling the colon. |
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Quantitative analysis of tubular tree structures
A method for computationally efficient skeletonization of three-dimensional tubular structures was proposeded.
It is specifically targeting skeletonization of vascular and airway tree structures in medical images but it is general and applicable to many other skeletonization tasks. |
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Organ segmentation from 3D CT images
Study and development of image segmentation algorithms for different organs from CT images for radiotherapy planning purposes. |
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Point-based registration and its error analysis
We investigated registration methods based on interactively identified point pairs used in medical image registration. We proposed an affine search method and gave a sufficient existence condition for the unique solution. The properties of rigid-body and affine methods were examined via numerical simulations. |