Airway tree segmentation using adaptive regions of interest

Juerg Tschirren; Eric A. Hoffman; Geoffrey McLennan M.D.; Milan Sonka

doi:10.1117/12.537185

30 April 2004 Airway tree segmentation using adaptive regions of interest

Juerg Tschirren, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan M.D., Milan Sonka

Proceedings Volume 5369, Medical Imaging 2004: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.537185
Event: Medical Imaging 2004, 2004, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The accurate segmentation of the human airway tree from volumetric CT images builds an important corner stone in pulmonary image processing. It is the basis for many consecutive processing steps like branch-point labeling and matching, virtual bronchoscopy, and more. Previously reported airway tree segmentation methods often suffer from "leaking" into the surrounding lung tissue, caused by the anatomically thin airway wall combined with the occurrence of partial volume effect and noise. Another common problem with previously proposed airway segmentation algorithms is their difficulties with segmenting low dose scans and scans of heavily diseased lungs. We present a new airway tree segmentation method that works in 3D, avoids leaks, and automatically adapts to different types of scans without the need for the user to iteratively adjust any parameters.

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Juerg Tschirren, Eric A. Hoffman, Geoffrey McLennan M.D., and Milan Sonka "Airway tree segmentation using adaptive regions of interest", Proc. SPIE 5369, Medical Imaging 2004: Physiology, Function, and Structure from Medical Images, (30 April 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.537185

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