Evaluation framework for carotid bifurcation lumen segmentation and stenosis grading

K. Hameeteman (1) , M. A. Zuluaga (2, 3) , M. Freiman (4) , L. Joskowicz (4) , Olivier Cuisenaire (5) , L. Florez Valencia (6) , M. A. Gülsün (7) , K. Krissian (8) , Julien Mille (9) , W. C. K. Wong (10) , M. Orkisz (11) , H. Tek (7) , M. Hernández Hoyos (3) , F. Benmansour (12) , A. C. S. Chung (10) , S. Rozie (13) , M. van Gils (13) , L. van den Borne (13) , J. Sosna (14) , P. Berman (14) , N. Cohen (14) , P. C. Douek (11, 15) , I. Sanchez (15) , M. Aissat (15) , M. Schaap (1) , C. T. Metz (1) , G. P. Krestin (13) , A. van Der Lugt (13) , W. J. Niessen (1, 16) , T. van Walsum (1)

1 BIG - Biomedical Imaging Group [Rotterdam]
2 Imagerie Tomographique et Radiothérapie
3 Grupo IMAGINE
4 Computer-Aided Surgery and Medical Image Processing Laboratory
5 Medisys - MedisysResearch Lab
6 Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas, Facultad de Ingeniería
7 Imaging and Visualization Department
8 GIMET - GIMET, Dept. de Informática y Sistemas
9 imagine - Extraction de Caractéristiques et Identification
10 Lo Kwee-Seong Medical Image Analysis Laboratory
11 MOTIVATE - Imagerie et modélisation Vasculaires, Thoraciques et Cérébrales
12 CEREMADE - CEntre de REcherches en MAthématiques de la DEcision
13 Department of Radiology
14 Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centre
15 Service de Radiologie
16 Imaging Science and Technology

This paper describes an evaluation framework that allows a standardized and objective quantitative comparison of carotid artery lumen segmentation and stenosis grading algorithms. We describe the data repository comprising 56 multi-center, multi-vendor CTA datasets, their acquisition, the creation of the reference standard and the evaluation measures. This framework has been introduced at the MICCAI 2009 workshop 3D Segmentation in the Clinic: A Grand Challenge III, and we compare the results of eight teams that participated. These results show that automated segmentation of the vessel lumen is possible with a precision that is comparable to manual annotation. The framework is open for new submissions through the website http://cls2009.bigr.nl. The final accepted version of this paper is published in Medical Image Analysis, vol 15(4) ,doi:10.1016/j.media.2011.02.004

Mots clés: CTA; Evaluation framework; Carotid; Lumen segmentation; Stenosis grading

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

K. Hameeteman, M. A. Zuluaga, M. Freiman, L. Joskowicz, Olivier Cuisenaire, et al.. Evaluation framework for carotid bifurcation lumen segmentation and stenosis grading. Medical Image Analysis, 2011, 15 (4), pp.477-488. ⟨10.1016/j.media.2011.02.004⟩. ⟨hal-00614145⟩