Object-based 3-D reconstruction of arterial trees from magnetic resonance angiograms

Abstract
This paper describes an object-based approach to the problem of reconstructing three-dimensional descriptions of arterial trees from a few angiographic projections. The method incorporates ap rioriknowledge of the structure of branching arteries into a natural optimality criterion that encompasses the entire arterial tree. This global approach enables reconstruction from a few noisy projection images. We present an efficient optimization algorithm for object estimation, and demonstrate its performance on simulated, phantom, and in vivo magnetic resonance angiograms.

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