Automatic centerline extraction of coronary arteries in coronary computed tomographic angiography

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 921-933

  Yang, Guanyu ^a   Kitslaar, Pieter ^a,b   Frenay, Michel ^a   Broersen, Alexander ^a   Boogers, Mark J ^a,c   Bax, Jeroen J ^a   Reiber, Johan H C ^a   Dijkstra, Jouke ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medis Medical Imaging Systems bv   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic extraction; Centerline; Coronary artery; Coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL FILTERING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; ROTTERDAM CORONARY ARTERY ALGORITHM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865458122     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9894-2     Document Type: Article

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