Automatic tracking of vessel-like structures from a single starting point.The identification of vascular networks is an important topic in the medical image analysis community. 
Automatic tracking of vessel-like structures from a single starting point
Automatic tracking of vessel-like structures from a single starting point.The identification of vascular networks is an important topic in the medical image analysis community. 
The identification of vascular networks is an important topic in the medical image analysis community
Our approach is based on a cloud of sampling points distributed over concentric spherical layers. 
cloud of sampling points distributed over concentric spherical layers
We also proposed a vessel model and a metric of how well a sample point fits this model. 
vessel model and a metric of how well a sample point fits this model
Then, we implement the network tracking as a min-cost flow problem, and propose a novel optimization scheme to iteratively track the vessel structure by inherently handling bifurcations and paths. 
min-cost flow problem
Then, we implement the network tracking as a min-cost flow problem, and propose a novel optimization scheme to iteratively track the vessel structure by inherently handling bifurcations and paths. 
optimization scheme to iteratively track the vessel structure by inherently handling bifurcations and paths