Automated segmentation of pulmonary structures in thoracic computed tomography scans: a review

EM Van Rikxoort, B Van Ginneken - Physics in Medicine & …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Computed tomography (CT) is the modality of choice for imaging the lungs in vivo. Sub-
millimeter isotropic images of the lungs can be obtained within seconds, allowing the …

CT based computerized identification and analysis of human airways: a review

J Pu, S Gu, S Liu, S Zhu, D Wilson… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most prevalent chronic disorders, airway disease is a major cause of morbidity
and mortality worldwide. In order to understand its underlying mechanisms and to enable …

Standardized evaluation methodology and reference database for evaluating coronary artery centerline extraction algorithms

M Schaap, CT Metz, T van Walsum… - Medical image …, 2009 - Elsevier
Efficiently obtaining a reliable coronary artery centerline from computed tomography
angiography data is relevant in clinical practice. Whereas numerous methods have been …

Automatic multiscale enhancement and segmentation of pulmonary vessels in CT pulmonary angiography images for CAD applications

C Zhou, HP Chan, B Sahiner, LM Hadjiiski… - Medical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The authors are develo** a computerized pulmonary vessel segmentation method for a
computer‐aided pulmonary embolism (PE) detection system on computed tomographic …

Coronary centerline extraction from CT coronary angiography images using a minimum cost path approach

CT Metz, M Schaap, AC Weustink, NR Mollet… - Medical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The application and large‐scale evaluation of minimum cost path approaches for
coronary centerline extraction from computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) …

Robust segmentation and anatomical labeling of the airway tree from thoracic CT scans

B Van Ginneken, W Baggerman… - Medical Image Computing …, 2008 - Springer
A method for automatic extraction and labeling of the airway tree from thoracic CT scans is
presented and extensively evaluated on 150 scans of clinical dose, low dose and ultra-low …

Unsupervised CT lung image segmentation of a mycobacterium tuberculosis infection model

PM Gordaliza, A Muñoz-Barrutia, M Abella, M Desco… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that
produces pulmonary damage. Radiological imaging is the preferred technique for the …

Automatic extraction of the pulmonary artery tree from multi-slice CT data

T Bülow, R Wiemker, T Blaffert… - … , and Structure from …, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The purpose of this paper is to present an automated method for the extraction of the
pulmonary vessel tree from multi-slice CT data. Furthermore we investigate a method for the …

Automated coronary artery tree extraction in coronary CT angiography using a multiscale enhancement and dynamic balloon tracking (MSCAR-DBT) method

C Zhou, HP Chan, A Chughtai, S Patel… - … Medical Imaging and …, 2012 - Elsevier
RATIONAL AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate our prototype method for segmentation and
tracking of the coronary arterial tree, which is the foundation for a computer-aided detection …

[PDF][PDF] Automatic segmentation of the airway tree from thoracic CT scans using a multi-threshold approach

EM Van Rikxoort, W Baggerman… - Proc. of Second …, 2009 - lungworkshop.org
A method for automatic extraction of the airway tree from thoracic CT scans is presented that
uses adaptive thresholds while growing the airways. The method is evaluated on 20 …