Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 26, Issue 6 , Pages 429-438 , December 2002

B-spline methods for interactive segmentation and modeling of lumen and vessel surfaces in three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound

Received 18 October 2001 ,Revised 26 April 2002 ,Accepted 29 April 2002.

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