Vessel lumen centerline extraction is an important issue for the intra-operative guidance of
endovascular instruments; furthermore, vessel centerline is often used as a reference …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology to estimate the carotid artery
lumen centerlines in ultrasound (US) images obtained in a free-hand examination …

Vessel centerline detection is very important in many medical applications. In the noise and
low-contrast regions, most existing methods may only produce an incomplete and …

Purpose Vessel lumen centerline extraction is important for intraoperative tracking of
abdominal vessels and guidance of endovascular instruments. Three-dimensional …

A novel approach for vessel axis tracking is presented based on surface evolution in 3D.
The main idea is to guide the evolution by analyzing the topology of intermediate …

Vascular centerlines have crucial significance in reconstruction, registration, segmentation
and vascular parameter analysis. The extraction of vessel structures remains a difficult …

Vessel centerline extraction is essential for carotid stenosis assessment and atherosclerotic
plaque identification in clinical diagnosis. Simultaneously, it provides a region of interest …

In this manuscript we propose a new fully automated approach for centerline extraction in
vascular trees from a 3D medical binary volume that delivers smooth and robust results. A …

The evaluation of the carotid artery wall is essential for the diagnosis of cardiovascular
pathologies or for the assessment of a patient's cardiovascular risk. This paper presents a …

Extraction of blood vessel structure is important for improving planning, navigation and
tracking in several interventional procedures. Centerline based registration methods have …