Open AccessCenterline Planning of Virtual Endoscopy Using B-Snake Model
Author(s) -
Xiangjun Gao
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of online and biomedical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 2626-8493
DOI - 10.3991/ijoe.v9is4.2715
Subject(s) - polyhedron , b spline , computer science , computer vision , artificial intelligence , segmentation , mathematics , geometry , mathematical analysis
A novel centerline planning algorithm for virtual endoscopy is proposed. It can be executed in original images data directly, no longer subjects to the results of segmentation. It is based on B-Snake model, and a moving polyhedron centralize method is defined, which provides a centralizing force as the external force of B-Snake model. And the internal force of the Snake model is removed, so as to control the model easily. With the characteristic of B-spline, a few control points are chosen and the smooth and continuous centerline is got effectively. Error analysis and experimental results show the validity of the proposed method.