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An efficient and generic extension to ITK to process arbitrary shaped regions of interest.
Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2006 Jan; 81(1):1-7.CM

Abstract

The paper describes a software method to extend ITK (Insight ToolKit, supported by the National Library of Medicine), leading to ITK++. This method, which is based on the extension of the iterator design pattern, allows the processing of regions of interest with arbitrary shapes, without modifying the existing ITK code. We experimentally evaluate this work by considering the practical case of the liver vessel segmentation from CT-scan images, where it is pertinent to constrain processings to the liver area. Experimental results clearly prove the interest of this work: for instance, the anisotropic filtering of this area is performed in only 16 s with our proposed solution, while it takes 52 s using the native ITK framework. A major advantage of this method is that only add-ons are performed: this facilitates the further evaluation of ITK++ while preserving the native ITK framework.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Fasquel JB
IRCAD, 1 Place de l'Hôpital, F-67091 Strasbourg, France. Jean-Baptiste.Fasquel@ircad.u-strasbg.fr
Agnus V
No affiliation info available
Lamy J
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AlgorithmsArtificial IntelligenceComputer GraphicsHumansImage EnhancementImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalPattern Recognition, AutomatedPhantoms, ImagingProgramming LanguagesSoftwareSubtraction TechniqueTomography, X-Ray ComputedUser-Computer Interface

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

16371240

Citation

Fasquel, Jean-Baptiste, et al. "An Efficient and Generic Extension to ITK to Process Arbitrary Shaped Regions of Interest." Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, vol. 81, no. 1, 2006, pp. 1-7.
Fasquel JB, Agnus V, Lamy J. An efficient and generic extension to ITK to process arbitrary shaped regions of interest. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2006;81(1):1-7.
Fasquel, J. B., Agnus, V., & Lamy, J. (2006). An efficient and generic extension to ITK to process arbitrary shaped regions of interest. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 81(1), 1-7.
Fasquel JB, Agnus V, Lamy J. An Efficient and Generic Extension to ITK to Process Arbitrary Shaped Regions of Interest. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2006;81(1):1-7. PubMed PMID: 16371240.
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TY - JOUR T1 - An efficient and generic extension to ITK to process arbitrary shaped regions of interest. AU - Fasquel,Jean-Baptiste, AU - Agnus,Vincent, AU - Lamy,Julien, Y1 - 2005/12/20/ PY - 2005/05/06/received PY - 2005/07/12/revised PY - 2005/09/22/accepted PY - 2005/12/24/pubmed PY - 2006/5/18/medline PY - 2005/12/24/entrez SP - 1 EP - 7 JF - Computer methods and programs in biomedicine JO - Comput Methods Programs Biomed VL - 81 IS - 1 N2 - The paper describes a software method to extend ITK (Insight ToolKit, supported by the National Library of Medicine), leading to ITK++. This method, which is based on the extension of the iterator design pattern, allows the processing of regions of interest with arbitrary shapes, without modifying the existing ITK code. We experimentally evaluate this work by considering the practical case of the liver vessel segmentation from CT-scan images, where it is pertinent to constrain processings to the liver area. Experimental results clearly prove the interest of this work: for instance, the anisotropic filtering of this area is performed in only 16 s with our proposed solution, while it takes 52 s using the native ITK framework. A major advantage of this method is that only add-ons are performed: this facilitates the further evaluation of ITK++ while preserving the native ITK framework. SN - 0169-2607 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/16371240/An_efficient_and_generic_extension_to_ITK_to_process_arbitrary_shaped_regions_of_interest_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -