Medical Image Analysis
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 160-171 , April 2010

Multiple hypothesis template tracking of small 3D vessel structures

Received 1 November 2008 ,Revised 7 October 2009 ,Accepted 8 December 2009.

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Medical Image Analysis
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