Reconstruction and finite element mesh generation of abdominal aortic aneurysms from computerized tomography angiography data with minimal user interactions

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1022-1028

  Auer, M ^a   Gasser, T Christian ^b  

^a VASCOPS GmbH   (Austria)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA); Finite element method (FEM); Hexahedral; Image segmentation; Meshing; Rupture risk

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICAL SIMULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHIES; DEFORMABLE MODELS; DEFORMABLE MODES; DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETER; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EXPANSION RATE; FINITE ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); MANUAL SEGMENTATION; MECHANICAL INTERPRETATIONS; MIXED FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATION; PATIENT SPECIFIC; POLYHEDRAL DOMAINS; RECONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS; RUPTURE RISK; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; USER INTERACTION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MESH GENERATION; MODEL STRUCTURES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; REPAIR; RISK PERCEPTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77950410742     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2009.2039579     Document Type: Article

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