VAMPIRE: Improved Method for Automated Center Lumen Line Definition in Atherosclerotic Carotid Arteries in CTA Data

@inproceedings{citeulike:374600, abstract = {We evaluate a new method, called VAMPIRE, for automated definition of a center lumen line in vessels in cardiovascular image data. VAMPIRE is based on detection of vessel-like structures by analyzing first-order and second-order image derivatives combined with a minimal cost path algorithm. The image derivatives are obtained using Canny edge detection and an improved ridge filter for detecting elongated structures. We compared VAMPIRE with an established technique in a multi-observer evaluation study involving 40 tracings in slabbed MIP images of multislice CTA datasets of atherosclerotic carotid arteries. The results show that VAMPIRE, in comparison with the established technique, presents considerably more successful tracings and improved handling of stenosis, calcifications, multiple vessels and nearby bone structures. We conclude that VAMPIRE is highly suitable for automated path definition in vessels in (clinical) cardiovascular image data and we expect to improve VAMPIRE to yield paths that are adequate enough to directly serve as center lumen lines in accordance with standards provided by clinicians.}, author = {Gratama and van der Lugt, Aad and Vrooman, H. A. and Stokking, Rik }, citeulike-article-id = {374600}, editor = {Barillot, Christian and Haynor, David R. and Hellier, Pierre }, journal = {Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention}, keywords = {centerline, enhancement, image-analysis, medical-imaging, vessel}, pages = {525--532}, posted-at = {2005-11-01 07:50:42}, priority = {5}, title = {VAMPIRE: Improved Method for Automated Center Lumen Line Definition in Atherosclerotic Carotid Arteries in CTA Data}, url = {http://dblp.uni-trier.de/rec/bibtex/conf/miccai/AndlMLVS04}, year = {2004} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:374600 L3 - citeulike-article-id:374600 TI - VAMPIRE: Improved Method for Automated Center Lumen Line Definition in Atherosclerotic Carotid Arteries in CTA Data JF - Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention SP - 525 EP - 532 N2 - We evaluate a new method, called VAMPIRE, for automated definition of a center lumen line in vessels in cardiovascular image data. VAMPIRE is based on detection of vessel-like structures by analyzing first-order and second-order image derivatives combined with a minimal cost path algorithm. The image derivatives are obtained using Canny edge detection and an improved ridge filter for detecting elongated structures. We compared VAMPIRE with an established technique in a multi-observer evaluation study involving 40 tracings in slabbed MIP images of multislice CTA datasets of atherosclerotic carotid arteries. The results show that VAMPIRE, in comparison with the established technique, presents considerably more successful tracings and improved handling of stenosis, calcifications, multiple vessels and nearby bone structures. We conclude that VAMPIRE is highly suitable for automated path definition in vessels in (clinical) cardiovascular image data and we expect to improve VAMPIRE to yield paths that are adequate enough to directly serve as center lumen lines in accordance with standards provided by clinicians. KW - centerline KW - enhancement KW - image-analysis KW - medical-imaging KW - vessel AU - Gratama AU - van der Lugt, Aad AU - Vrooman, HA AU - Stokking, Rik A2 - Barillot, Christian A2 - Haynor, David A2 - Hellier, Pierre PY - 2004/// UR - http://dblp.uni-trier.de/rec/bibtex/conf/miccai/AndlMLVS04 ER -