Background Blood vessel segmentation is a topic of high interest in medical image analysis
since the analysis of vessels is crucial for diagnosis, treatment planning and execution, and …

Cerebrovascular imaging is a common examination. Its accurate cerebrovascular
segmentation become an important auxiliary method for the diagnosis and treatment of …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for about half of non-communicable diseases.
Vessel stenosis in the coronary artery is considered to be the major risk of CVD. Computed …

Coronary artery centerline extraction in cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) images is a
prerequisite for evaluation of stenoses and atherosclerotic plaque. In this work, we propose …

Second-harmonic generation (SHG) imaging can help reveal interactions between collagen
fibers and cancer cells. Quantitative analysis of SHG images of collagen fibers is challenged …

Purpose Liver vessel extraction from CT images is essential in liver surgical planning. Liver
vessel segmentation is difficult due to the complex vessel structures, and even expert …

Liver vessel segmentation is fast becoming a key instrument in the diagnosis and surgical
planning of liver diseases. In clinical practice, liver vessels are normally manual annotated …

Automatic segmentation of coronary arteries provides vital assistance to enable accurate
and efficient diagnosis and evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the task …

Visual Computing for Medicine, Second Edition, offers cutting-edge visualization techniques
and their applications in medical diagnosis, education, and treatment. The book includes …

Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) is a non-invasive imaging modality
for the visualization of the heart and coronary arteries. To fully exploit the potential of the …