Automatic segmentation of coronary plaques in coronary CT angiography using neural networks

Mahdi Moosavi; Keno Bressem; Rafael Adolf; Anastasiya Valentik; Albrecht Will; Eva Hendrich; Martin Hadamitzky

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0343887

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Automatic segmentation of coronary plaques in coronary CT angiography using neural networks

Mahdi Moosavi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, German Heart Center, TUM University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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Keno Bressem,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, German Heart Center, TUM University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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Rafael Adolf,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, German Heart Center, TUM University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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Anastasiya Valentik,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, German Heart Center, TUM University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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Albrecht Will,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, German Heart Center, TUM University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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Eva Hendrich,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, German Heart Center, TUM University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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Martin Hadamitzky

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: martin.hadamitzky@tum.de

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, German Heart Center, TUM University Hospital, Munich, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6267-1692

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Automatic segmentation of coronary plaques in coronary CT angiography using neural networks

Mahdi Moosavi,
Keno Bressem,
Rafael Adolf,
Anastasiya Valentik,
Albrecht Will,
Eva Hendrich,
Martin Hadamitzky

Published: February 24, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343887

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