Combined Model-Based Segmentation and Elastic Registration for Accurate Quantification of the Aortic Arch

• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15705-9_54
• Publication Date: 2010-09-20T06:04:39Z
• Authors: Andreas Biesdorf; Karl Rohr; Hendrik von Tengg...; Stefan Wörz
• Keywords: Image registration; 3d model

Accurate quantification of the morphology of vessels is important for diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. We introduce a new approach for the quantification of the aortic arch morphology that combines 3D model-based segmentation with elastic image registration. The performance of the approach has been evaluated using 3D synthetic images and clinically relevant 3D CTA images including pathologies. We also performed a comparison with a previous approach.