3D Models of Airway Trees from CT Scans: A Point-Based Approach

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  • Andrzej Szymczak
  • Arthur Stillman
  • Allen Tannenbaum
چکیده

We propose an algorithm for building 3D models of the airway tree from Computed Tomographic (CT) images. Our procedure first computes a set of core points that tend to concentrate along the centerlines of the airway tree branches. This point set, after a filtering step, is used to build a set of wall points that concentrate on the walls of the airways. Finally, a triangulated surface is build from the wall points using a Delaunay-based reconstruction procedure.

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تاریخ انتشار 2006