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A 2D tubular structure or vessel has an elongated ellipse shape. The eigenvectors, depicted as black arrows, of Hw, reveal the principal directions of the vessel at scale size w. The length of these black arrows represents the absolute value of the corresponding eigenvalues. Note the smaller length of the eigenvector, û1,w, reflecting the direction of minimum intensity variation, in light green, or the body of the vessel.
