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Presentation 2015-03-03 16:24
Development of blood vessel segmentation method from contrasted CT volumes using iterative segmentation approach
Masahiro Oda, Mitsuru Kagajo, Tokunori Yamamoto, Yasushi Yoshino, Kensaku Mori (Nagoya Univ.) MI2014-116
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(in English) We propose a blood vessel extraction method from CT volumes. Organ extraction from medical images are an essential process of the computer-aided diagnosis and surgery. Because the blood vessels are related to most of organs, blood vessel extraction is necessary for the computer-aided diagnosis and surgery. Blood vessel extraction methods from medical images have been proposed by some research groups. Extraction methods using the multi-size line structure enhancement filter cause many false positives of various sizes. They require complexed false positive reduction processes. In this report, we propose a blood vessel extraction method from CT volumes utilizing the region growing method and the line structure enhancement filter. The region growing method effectively extracts thick blood vessels. The line structure enhancement filter accurately extracts thin blood vessels. In our method, the abdominal aorta is extracted by using the region growing method. Thin blood vessels that connects the extracted regions are extracted by using the line structure enhancement filter. The extraction and false positive reduction processes are applied for each extraction target size. The target size is changed in a stepwise fashion in an iterative process. Experimental results using four cases of artery phase CT volumes showed that our method can extract 87.6% and 84.3% of the blood vessels in precision and recall rates.
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(in English) Blood vessel extraction / Line structure enhancemen / CT image / / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 114, no. 482, MI2014-116, pp. 311-316, March 2015.
Paper # MI2014-116 
Date of Issue 2015-02-23 (MI) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee MI  
Conference Date 2015-03-02 - 2015-03-03 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Hotel Miyahira 
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Topics (in English) Creation of multidisciplinary computational anatomy, Forefront of medical image engineering, General topics in medical imaging 
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Conference Code 2015-03-MI 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) Development of blood vessel segmentation method from contrasted CT volumes using iterative segmentation approach 
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Keyword(1) Blood vessel extraction  
Keyword(2) Line structure enhancemen  
Keyword(3) CT image  
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1st Author's Name Masahiro Oda  
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Mitsuru Kagajo  
2nd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Tokunori Yamamoto  
3rd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
4th Author's Name Yasushi Yoshino  
4th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
5th Author's Name Kensaku Mori  
5th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
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Date Time 2015-03-03 16:24:00 
Presentation Time 12 minutes 
Registration for MI 
Paper # MI2014-116 
Volume (vol) vol.114 
Number (no) no.482 
Page pp.311-316 
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Date of Issue 2015-02-23 (MI) 


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