2011 Winter Project Week:The Vascular Modeling Toolkit in 3D Slicer

2010-12-24T17:49:33Z

Gokhanuzunbas: Added my name.

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Image:PW-SLC2011.png|[[2011_Winter_Project_Week#Projects|Projects List]]
Image:Slicervmtk logo.png|VMTK in 3D Slicer
Image:Vesselenhancement.png|Enhancing vasculature structures
Image:Easylevelsetsegmentation.png|Level-Set segmentation
Image:Centerlines.png|Computation of Centerlines
Image:Networkextraction.png|Network extraction of vessel trees
Image:Branchsplitting.png|Branchsplitting
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==Key Investigators==
* UPenn: Daniel Haehn, Kilian Pohl
* Rutgers: M. Gokhan Uzunbas
* Mario Negri Institute, Italy: Luca Antiga
* SPL: Steve Pieper, Ron Kikinis

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<h3>Objective</h3>
The Vascular Modeling Toolkit ([http://www.vmtk.org VMTK]) is a collection of libraries and tools for 3D reconstruction, geometric analysis, mesh generation and surface data analysis for image-based modeling of blood vessels.

Several 3D Slicer extensions already exist and provide VMTK functionality in Slicer3.

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<h3>Approach, Plan</h3>
We want to investigate how to include the VMTK in 3D Slicer functionality in the upcoming Slicer4 application. This should include several enhancements to the existing user interfaces.
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<h3>Progress</h3>
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==Delivery Mechanism==

This work will be delivered to the NA-MIC Kit as a (please select the appropriate options by noting YES against them below)

#ITK Module
#Slicer Module
##Built-in
##Extension -- commandline
##Extension -- loadable [X]
#Other (Please specify)

==References==
* Antiga L, Piccinelli M, Botti L, Ene-Iordache B, Remuzzi A and Steinman DA. An image-based modeling framework for patient-specific computational hemodynamics. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 46: 1097-1112, Nov 2008.
* D. Hähn. Integration of the vascular modeling toolkit in 3d slicer. SPL, 04 2009. Available online at http://www.spl.harvard.edu/publications/item/view/1728.
* D. Hähn. Centerline Extraction of Coronary Arteries in 3D Slicer using VMTK based Tools. Master's Thesis. Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Feb 2010.
* Piccinelli M, Veneziani A, Steinman DA, Remuzzi A, Antiga L (2009) A framework for geometric analysis of vascular structures: applications to cerebral aneurysms. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. In press.

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