Robust CTA lumen segmentation of the atherosclerotic carotid artery bifurcation in a large patient population

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 759-769

  Manniesing, Rashindra ^a   Schaap, Michiel ^a   Rozie, Sietske ^b   Hameeteman, Reinhard ^a   Vukadinovic, Danijela ^a   van der Lugt, Aad ^b   Niessen, Wiro ^a,c  

^a Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerotic carotid bifurcation; CT angiography (CTA); Evaluation; Level set; Lumen segmentation

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID BIFURCATION; CENTRAL VESSEL AXIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CT ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE FEATURES; ISCHEMIC STROKES; LARGE DATA; LEVEL SET; OPTIMIZED PARAMETER; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; PATH TRACKING; PATIENT POPULATION; SEMIAUTOMATIC METHODS; SPEED FUNCTION; TRAINING SETS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTIMIZATION; TRACKING (POSITION);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954657215     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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