HessianObjectnessMeasureImageFilter Class Reference
[Intensity Image Filters, Objects Related to Tensor Images]

#include <itkHessianToObjectnessMeasureImageFilter.h>

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Detailed Description

A filter to enhance M-dimensional objects in N-dimensional images.

The objectness measure is a generalization of Frangi's vesselness measure, which is based on the analysis of the the Hessian eigen system. The filter can enhance blob-like structures (M=0), vessel-like structures (M=1), 2D plate-like structures (M=2), hyper-plate-like structures (M=3) in N-dimensional images, with M<N. The filter takes an image of a Hessian pixels ( SymmetricSecondRankTensor pixels pixels ) and produces an enhanced image. The Hessian input image can be produced using itkHessianSmoothedRecursiveGaussianImageFilter.

References

Frangi, AF, Niessen, WJ, Vincken, KL, & Viergever, MA (1998). Multiscale Vessel Enhancement Filtering. In Wells, WM, Colchester, A, & Delp, S, Editors, MICCAI '98 Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 130-137, Springer Verlag, 1998.

Author:

Luca Antiga Ph.D. Medical Imaging Unit, Bioengineering Deparment, Mario Negri Institute, Italy.

See also:

MultiScaleHessianBasedMeasureImageFilter

Hessian3DToVesselnessMeasureImageFilter

HessianSmoothedRecursiveGaussianImageFilter

SymmetricEigenAnalysisImageFilter

SymmetricSecondRankTensor

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• itkHessianToObjectnessMeasureImageFilter.h