Generation of a graph representation from three-dimensional skeletons of the liver vasculature

Yufei Chen, Cristina Oyarzun Laura, Klaus Drechsler

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Abstract

Extracting hepatic vasculature from three dimensional imagery is important for diagnosis of liver disease and planning of liver surgery. In this paper we propose a method for generation of 3D skeletal graph of liver vessels using thinning algorithm and graph theory. First of all, basic methodology in the proposed method is introduced. Secondly, the skeletonization method together with a pre-processing method on liver vessel images is employed to form liver skeleton image. Thirdly, a graph-based technique is then employed on the skeleton result to efficiently form the hepatic vessel system. The liver vessel tree generation method was evaluated on liver CT datasets to show its effectiveness and efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2009 2nd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2009
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 2nd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2009 - Tianjin, China
Duration: 17 Oct 200919 Oct 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2009 2nd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2009

Conference

Conference2009 2nd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityTianjin
Period17/10/0919/10/09

Keywords

  • 3D skeletonization
  • Graph representation
  • Liver vessel tree

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