Multiple hypothesis tracking based extraction of airway trees from CT data: using statistical ranking of template-matched hypotheses

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Segmentation of airway trees from CT scans of lungs has important clinical applications, in relation to the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Here we present a method based on multiple hypothesis tracking (MHT) and template matching, originally devised for vessel segmentation, to extract airway trees. Idealized tubular templates are constructed and ranked using scores assigned based on the image data. Several such regularly spaced hypotheses are used in constructing a hypothesis tree, which is then traversed to obtain improved
segmentation results.
Original languageEnglish
Publication date2016
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventMedical Imaging Summer School 2016 - Sicily, Italy
Duration: 31 Jul 20166 Aug 2016

Course

CourseMedical Imaging Summer School 2016
LocationSicily
CountryItaly
Period31/07/201606/08/2016

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