3-D quantification of the aortic arch morphology in 3-D CTA data for endovascular aortic repair

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 10 PART 1, 2010, Pages 2359-2368

  Wörz, Stefan ^a   Von Tengg Kobligk, Hendrik ^a   Henninger, Verena ^b   Rengier, Fabian ^b   Schumacher, Hardy ^c   Böckler, Dittmar ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a   Rohr, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c City Hospital Hanau   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D analytic intensity model; 3 D aortic arch segmentation; 3 D computed tomography angiography (CTA) data; Endovascular graft (EVG)

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ARCH; CENTERLINES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; DATA SETS; ENDOVASCULAR; ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT; FITTING RESULTS; GROUND TRUTH; INTENSITY MODELS; MODEL FITTING; NEW MODEL; PHANTOM IMAGES; PRE-OPERATIVE PLANNING; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; VASCULAR ANALYSIS; VESSEL CURVATURES;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARCHES; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CURVE FITTING; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MORPHOLOGY; REPAIR;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AORTA ARCH; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956908419     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2010.2053539     Document Type: Article

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