Evaluation of a multi-atlas based method for segmentation of cardiac CTA data: A large-scale, multicenter, and multivendor study

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6279-6291

  Kirisli H A ^a   Schaap, M ^a   Klein, S ^a   Papadopoulou, S L ^a   Bonardi, M ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Weustink, A C ^a   Mollet, N R ^a   Vonken, E J ^b   Van Der Geest, R J ^c   Van Walsum, T ^a   Niessen, W J ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Faculty of Applied Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

computed tomography angiography (CTA); evaluation; heart; multi atlas based segmentation; registration

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; ERRORS; HEART;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVALUATION; MULTI ATLAS-BASED SEGMENTATIONS; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE VALIDATION; REGISTRATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 78650124741     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3512795     Document Type: Article

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