Blood vessel segmentation algorithms — Review of methods, datasets and evaluation metrics

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine - Tập 158 - Trang 71-91 - 2018
Sara Moccia1,2, Elena De Momi2, Sara El Hadji2, Leonardo S. Mattos1
1Department of Advanced Robotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
2Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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