@inproceedings{5a75aceb2ded47efb7966528e280ba2d,
title = "Geometric modeling of aortic dissections through convolution surfaces",
abstract = "Cardiovascular diseases are one of the strongest burdens in healthcare. If misdiagnosed, they can lead to life-threatening complications. This is especially true for aortic dissections, which may require immediate surgery depending on the categorization and still lead to late adverse events. Aortic dissection occurs when the aortic duct splits into two blood streams, the true and false lumina. The morphological characteristics of the aorta are therefore crucial for a clinician and provide vital support since they can be used to extract significant information for surgery and treatment planning. In this work, we revive a successful modeling technique - convolution surfaces - to model the lumina in aortic dissections. The skeleton of the lumina and local radial information are used to represent the true and the false lumen through convolution of local segments. Additionally, we introduce an optimization strategy based on a genetic algorithm to create the separation caused by the dissection flap.",
keywords = "CTA, genetic algorithm, implicit modeling, vessel reconstruction",
author = "Luana Petrelli and Antonio Pepe and Antonella Disanto and Christina Gsaxner and Jianning Li and Yuan Jin and Domenico Buongiorno and Antonio Brunetti and Vitoantonio Bevilacqua and Jan Egger",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the TU Graz LEAD Project “Mechanics, Modeling and Simulation of Aortic Dissection”. L.P. and A.D. were also supported by two Erasmus scholarships awarded by the Polytechnic University of Bari. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 SPIE.; Medical Imaging 2022: Imaging Informatics for Healthcare, Research, and Applications ; Conference date: 21-03-2022 Through 27-03-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1117/12.2628187",
language = "English",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Deserno, {Thomas M.} and Deserno, {Thomas M.} and Park, {Brian J.}",
booktitle = "Medical Imaging 2022",
address = "United States",
}