Medical Image Analysis
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 759-769 , December 2010

Robust CTA lumen segmentation of the atherosclerotic carotid artery bifurcation in a large patient population

  • Rashindra Manniesing

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Departments of Medical Informatics and Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 10 7043050; fax: +31 10 7044722.
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  • Michiel Schaap

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Departments of Medical Informatics and Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Sietske Rozie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Reinhard Hameeteman

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Departments of Medical Informatics and Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Danijela Vukadinovic

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Departments of Medical Informatics and Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Aad van der Lugt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Wiro Niessen

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Departments of Medical Informatics and Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Imaging Science and Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Received 18 March 2009 ,Revised 4 May 2010 ,Accepted 4 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.media.2010.05.001

Medical Image Analysis
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 759-769 , December 2010

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