Automatic Inferior Vena Cava Segmentation for Hepatic Surgery Planning in Contrast-Enhanced CT Images

Francisco-Javier Sanchez-Castro (1) , Lefevre Thierry (1) , Benoît Mory (1) , Roberto Ardon (1)

1 Medisys - MedisysResearch Lab

In this work, we propose to segment the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) with (1) a model of the IVC as an implicit representation of a generalized cylinder and (2) a local region-based optimization criterion under dedicated anatomical constraints deduced from other anatomical structures to provide clinical practitioners with a fully automatic tool. Copyright Springer 2010. Please use http://www.springerlink.com/content/jj823801lq521225/ or doi to access the editor online version of this paper.

Mots clés: Inferior vena cava; Hepatic surgery; Liver segmentation

Domaines: Imagerie médicale; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Francisco-Javier Sanchez-Castro, Lefevre Thierry, Benoît Mory, Roberto Ardon. Automatic Inferior Vena Cava Segmentation for Hepatic Surgery Planning in Contrast-Enhanced CT Images. Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 24th International Congress and Exhibition (CARS'2010), Jun 2010, Genève, Switzerland. pp.118 - 119, ⟨10.1007/s11548-010-0442-7⟩. ⟨hal-00509434⟩