.png){kind=icon}
返回
A robust and efficient curve skeletonization algorithm for tree-like objects using minimum cost paths
.png){kind=icon}
OA
AI
DOI：10.1016/j.patrec.2015.04.002.png)
.png){kind=icon}
.png){kind=icon}
分享.png){kind=icon}
收藏
摘要
En 中文
Conventional curve skeletonization algorithms using the principle of Blum's transform, often, produce unwanted spurious branches due to boundary irregularities, digital effects, and other artifacts. This paper presents a new robust and efficient curve skeletonization algorithm for three-dimensional (3-D) elongated fuzzy objects using a minimum cost path approach, which avoids spurious branches without requiring post-pruning. Starting from a root voxel, the method iteratively expands the skeleton by adding new branches in each iteration that connects the farthest quench voxel to the current skeleton using a minimum cost path. The path-cost function is formulated using a novel measure of local significance factor defined by the fuzzy distance transform field, which forces the path to stick to the centerline of an object. The algorithm terminates when dilated skeletal branches fill the entire object volume or the current farthest quench voxel fails to generate a meaningful skeletal branch. Accuracy of the algorithm has been evaluated using computer-generated phantoms with known skeletons. Performance of the method in terms of false and missing skeletal branches, as defined by human experts, has been examined using in vivo CT imaging of human intrathoracic airways. Results from both experiments have established the superiority of the new method as compared to the existing methods in terms of accuracy as well as robustness in detecting true and false skeletal branches. The new algorithm makes a significant reduction in computation complexity by enabling detection of multiple new skeletal branches in one iteration. Specifically, this algorithm reduces the number of iterations from the number of terminal tree branches to the worst case performance of tree depth. In fact, experimental results suggest that, on an average, the order of computation complexity is reduced to the logarithm of the number of terminal branches of a tree-like object. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keyword:
Curve skeletonization
Distance transform
Center of maximal ball
Minimum cost path
CT imaging
Airway tree
AI总结
对已上传原文的论文进行重点信息的提取，主要内容包括：简要概述、研究摘要、背景介绍、关键亮点、图文解析、展望与总结。
期刊
IF:
3.3
论文数:
8.0K
被引数:
1.6W
机构
引用论文
.png){kind=icon}
分享收藏
查看更多内容