TY  - JOUR
EP  - 1232
ID  - eprints2268
UR  - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136184151400111X
KW  - Thoracic Computed Tomography; Lung Vessels; Algorithm comparison; Segmentation; Challenge
TI  - Comparing algorithms for automated vessel segmentation in computed tomography scans of the lung: the VESSEL12 study 
AV  - none
N2  - The VESSEL12 (VESsel SEgmentation in the Lung) challenge objectively compares the performance of different algorithms to identify vessels in thoracic computed tomography (CT) scans. Vessel segmentation is fundamental in computer aided processing of data generated by 3D imaging modalities. As manual vessel segmentation is prohibitively time consuming, any real world application requires some form of automation. Several approaches exist for automated vessel segmentation, but judging their relative merits is difficult due to a lack of standardized evaluation. We present an annotated reference dataset containing 20 CT scans and propose nine categories to perform a comprehensive evaluation of vessel segmentation algorithms from both academia and industry. Twenty algorithms participated in the VESSEL12 challenge, held at International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) 2012. All results have been published at the VESSEL12 website http://vessel12.grand-challenge.org. The challenge remains ongoing and open to new participants. Our three contributions are: (1) an annotated reference dataset available online for evaluation of new algorithms; (2) a quantitative scoring system for objective comparison of algorithms; and (3) performance analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the various vessel segmentation methods in the presence of various lung diseases.
SN  - 1361-8415
VL  - 18
IS  - 7
JF  - Medical Image Analysis
Y1  - 2014/10//
SP  - 1217
PB  - Elsevier
A1  - Rudyanto, Rina D.
A1  - Kerkstra, Sjoerd
A1  - van Rikxoort, Eva M.
A1  - Fetita, Catalin
A1  - Brillet, Pierre-Yves
A1  - Lefevre, Christophe
A1  - Xue, Wenzhe
A1  - Zhu, Xiangjun
A1  - Liang, Jianming
A1  - Oksuz, Ilkay
A1  - Ünay, Devrim
A1  - Kadipasaoglu, Kamuran
A1  - Estépar, Raúl San José
A1  - Ross, James C.
A1  - Washko, George R.
A1  - Prieto, Juan-Carlos
A1  - Hoyos, Marcela Hernández
A1  - Orkisz, Maciej
A1  - Meine, Hans
A1  - Hüllebrand, Markus
A1  - Stöcker, Christina
A1  - Mir, Fernando Lopez
A1  - Naranjo, Valery
A1  - Villanueva, Eliseo
A1  - Staring, Marius
A1  - Xiao, Changyan
A1  - Stoel, Berend C.
A1  - Fabijanska, Anna
A1  - Smistad, Erik
A1  - Elster, Anne C.
A1  - Lindseth, Frank
A1  - Foruzan, Amir Hossein
A1  - Kiros, Ryan
A1  - Popuri, Karteek
A1  - Cobzas, Dana
A1  - Jimenez-Carretero, Daniel
A1  - Santos, Andres
A1  - Ledesma-Carbayo, Maria J.
A1  - Helmberger, Michael
A1  - Urschler, Martin
A1  - Pienn, Michael
A1  - Bosboom, Dennis G.H.
A1  - Campo, Arantza
A1  - Prokop, Mathias
A1  - de Jong, Pim A.
A1  - Ortiz-de-Solorzano, Carlos
A1  - Muńoz-Barrutia, Arrate
A1  - van Ginneken, Bram
ER  -