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Tree-branch-searching multiresolution approach to skeletonization for virtual endoscopy

Chen et al., 2000

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9712245021435580371
Author
Chen D
Li B
Liang Z
Wan M
Kaufman A
Wax M
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Medical Imaging 2000: Image Processing

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One of the most important tasks for virtual endoscopy is path planning for viewing the lumen of hollow organs. For geometry complex objects, for example the lungs, it remains an unsolved problem. While alternative visualization modes have been proposed, for example …
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