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ArticleInternational journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2019

A model-guided method for improving coronary artery tree extractions from CCTA images.

Qing Cao, Alexander Broersen, Pieter H Kitslaar, Boudewijn P F Lelieveldt, Jouke Dijkstra

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Article in International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Qing CaoDivision of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1789-8155
Alexander BroersenDivision of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Pieter H KitslaarDivision of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Boudewijn P F LelieveldtDivision of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Jouke DijkstraDivision of Image Processing, Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. J.Dijkstra@lumc.nl.

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China Scholarship Council 201406090166
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Abstract

purposeAutomatically extracted coronary artery trees (CATs) from coronary computed tomography angiography images could contain incorrect extractions which require manual corrections before they can be used in clinical practice. A model-guided method for improving the extracted CAT is described to automatically detect potential incorrect extractions and improve them.

methodsThe proposed method is a coarse-to-fine approach. A coarse improvement is first applied on all vessels in the extracted CAT, and then a fine improvement is applied only on vessels with higher clinical significance. Based upon a decision tree, the proposed method automatically and iteratively performs improvement operations for the entire extracted CAT until it meets the stop criteria. The improvement in the extraction quality obtained by the proposed method is measured using a scoring system. 18 datasets were used to determine optimal values for the parameters involved in the model-guided method and 122 datasets were used for evaluation.

resultsCompared to the initial automatic extractions, the proposed method improves the CATs for 122 datasets from an average quality score of 87 ± 6 to 93 ± 4. The developed method is able to run within 2 min on a typical workstation. The difference in extraction quality after automatic improvement is negatively correlated with the initial extraction quality (R = - 0.694, P < 0.001).

conclusionWithout deteriorating the initially extracted CATs, the presented method automatically detects incorrect extractions and improves the CATs to an average quality score of 93 guided by anatomical statistical models.

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Image Processing, Computer-AssistedAlgorithmsCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseCoronary VesselsHumansModels, AnatomicTomography, X-Ray ComputedCoronary artery anatomyCoronary artery treeCoronary computed tomography angiographyQuality score

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PMID30488262
PMCPMC6373332

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