Medical Image Analysis
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 149-159 , April 2010

Automated detection of intracranial aneurysms based on parent vessel 3D analysis

  • Alexandra Lauric

      Affiliations

    • Tufts University, Department of Computer Science, 161 College Ave, Medford, MA 02155, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 7816486819.
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  • Eric Miller

      Affiliations

    • Tufts University, Department of Computer Science, 161 College Ave, Medford, MA 02155, United States
    • Tufts University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 161 College Ave, Medford, MA 02155, United States
    • ,
  • Sarah Frisken

      Affiliations

    • Tufts University, Department of Computer Science, 161 College Ave, Medford, MA 02155, United States
    • ,
  • Adel M. Malek

      Affiliations

    • Tufts University School of Medicine, 145 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111, United States
    • Tufts Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, 800 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111, United States

Received 8 December 2008 ,Revised 20 October 2009 ,Accepted 29 October 2009.

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Medical Image Analysis
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 149-159 , April 2010

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