{"version":1,"kind":"Article","sha256":"","slug":"580","location":"","dependencies":[],"doi":"10.54294/80hw6q","frontmatter":{"title":"Vessel tracking by connecting the dots","abstract":"We propose an algorithm for tracking blood vessel segments in Computed Tomographic (CT) images.\r\nOur procedure first finds core points that tend to concentrate along the centerlines of vessels. Intuitively,\r\nthe core points are centers of intensity plateaus in two-dimensional slices through the input image. The\r\nstarting and the end point of the desired vessel (S and E) are also considered core points. The weighted\r\ncore graph is built by connecting nearby core points with edges. Edge weights are designed so that edges\r\nof large weights are unlikely to follow a vessel segment. We compute the shortest path connecting S and\r\nE in the core graph. The output is the result of applying shortcutting operations to this path.","license":"You are licensing your work to Kitware Inc. under the\nCreative Commons Attribution License Version 3.0.\n\nKitware Inc. agrees to the following:\n\nKitware is free\n * to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work\n * to make derivative works\n * to make commercial use of the work\n\nUnder the following conditions:\n\\\"by Attribution\\\" - Kitware must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor.\n\n * For any reuse or distribution, they must make clear to others the license terms of this work.\n * Any of these conditions can be waived if they get permission from the copyright holder.\n\nYour fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above.\n\nThis is a human-readable summary of the Legal Code (the full license) available at\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode","keywords":["vessel","topology","tracking","Computed Tomography"],"authors":[{"name":"szymczak, andrzej","email":"aszymcza@mines.edu","affiliations":["Colorado School of Mines"],"corresponding":true}],"date_submitted":"2008-07-06T05:10:39Z","external_publication_id":580,"revision_cids":["bafkreidiojv4pd3qkj6jytrlkofvnpgwh2g3ho46dzuueepp3atn3iviba"]},"mdast":{"type":"root"},"downloads":[{"url":"https://ipfs.desci.com/ipfs/bafkreichdszd53olwjltlyeiawa65zfykjqe2ojp7qpza2uqk3llbpgd24","title":"root/insight-journal-metadata.json","filename":"insight-journal-metadata.json","extra":{"size_bytes":3327,"type":"file"}},{"url":"https://dweb.link/ipfs/bafkreicndbxrki6iekm335yqprb4opipozugnzjqmiwuourcviiczcapva","title":"root/article.pdf","filename":"article.pdf","extra":{"size_bytes":293889,"type":"file"}}],"references":{"cite":{"order":[]},"data":{}}}