A new method for analyzing local shape in three-dimensional images based on medial axis transformation
In this paper, we propose a new approach based on three-dimensional (3-D) medial axis transformation for describing geometrical shapes in three-dimensional images. For 3-D-images, the medial axis, which is composed of both curves and medial surfaces, provides a simplified and reversible representati...
| Veröffentlicht in: | IEEE transactions on systems, man, and cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. - 1996. - 33(2003), 4 vom: 28., Seite 700-5 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | IEEE transactions on systems, man, and cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article |
| Zusammenfassung: | In this paper, we propose a new approach based on three-dimensional (3-D) medial axis transformation for describing geometrical shapes in three-dimensional images. For 3-D-images, the medial axis, which is composed of both curves and medial surfaces, provides a simplified and reversible representation of structures. The purpose of this new method is to classify each voxel of the three-dimensional images in four classes: boundary, branching, regular and arc points. The classification is first performed on the voxels of the medial axis. It relies on the topological properties of a local region of interest around each voxel. The size of this region of interest is chosen as a function of the local thickness of the structure. Then, the reversibility of the medial axis is used to deduce a labeling of the whole object. The proposed method is evaluated on simulated images. Finally, we present an application of the method to the identification of bone structures from 3-D very high-resolution tomographic images |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 02.10.2012 Date Revised 01.02.2008 published: Print Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1941-0492 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/TSMCB.2003.814298 |