Airway Segmentation and Centerline Extraction from Thoracic CT – Comparison of a New Method to State of the Art Commercialized Methods

• Pall Jens Reynisson ,

  * E-mail: jens.p.reynisson@ntnu.no

  Affiliation Dept. Circulation and medical imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

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• Marta Scali,

  Affiliation Bio-Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

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• Erik Smistad,

  Affiliation Dept. Computer and Information Science, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

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• Erlend Fagertun Hofstad,

  Affiliation Dept. Medical Technology, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway

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• Håkon Olav Leira,

  Affiliations Dept. Circulation and medical imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Dept. Thoracic Medicine, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Frank Lindseth,

  Affiliations Dept. Computer and Information Science, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, Dept. Medical Technology, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway

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• Toril Anita Nagelhus Hernes,

  Affiliation Dept. Circulation and medical imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

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• Tore Amundsen,

  Affiliations Dept. Circulation and medical imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Dept. Thoracic Medicine, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Hanne Sorger,

  Affiliations Dept. Circulation and medical imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, Dept. Thoracic Medicine, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Thomas Langø

  Affiliation Dept. Medical Technology, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway

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