Authors: Iván Macía Manuel Graña Celine Paloc
Publish Date: 2011/02/18
Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 457-491
Abstract
We have detected the lack of a widely accepted knowledge representation model in the area of Blood Vessel analysis We find that such a tool is needed for the future development of the field and our own research efforts It will allow easy reuse of software pieces through appropriate abstractions facilitating the development of innovative methods procedures and applications We include a thorough review of vascular morphology image analysis After the identification of the key representation elements and operations we propose a Vessel Knowledge Representation VKR model that would fill this gap We give insights into its implementation based on standard ObjectOriented Programming tools and paradigms The VKR would easily integrate with existing medical imaging and visualization software platforms such as the Insight ToolKit ITK and Visualization Toolkit VTK
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