Geodesic Distance Algorithm for Extracting the Ascending Aorta from 3D CT Images

This paper presents a method for the automatic 3D segmentation of the ascending aorta from coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). The segmentation is performed in three steps. First, the initial seed points are selected by minimizing a newly proposed energy function across the Hough circle...

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Main Authors: Yeonggul Jang, Ho Yub Jung, Youngtaek Hong, Iksung Cho, Hackjoon Shim, Hyuk-Jae Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4561979