Aortic Vessel Tree Segmentation for Cardiovascular Diseases Treatment: Status Quo
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Abstract
The aortic vessel tree, composed of the aorta and its branches, is crucial for blood supply to the body. Aortic diseases, such as aneurysms and dissections, can lead to life-threatening ruptures, often requiring open surgery. Therefore, patients commonly undergo treatment under constant monitoring, which requires regular inspections of the vessels through medical imaging techniques. Overlapping and comparing aortic vessel tree geometries from consecutive images allows for tracking changes in both the aorta and its branches. Manual reconstruction of the vessel tree is time-consuming and impractical in clinical settings. In contrast, automatic or semiautomatic segmentation algorithms can perform this task much faster, making them suitable for routine clinical use. This article systematically reviews methods for the automatic and semiautomatic segmentation of the aortic vessel tree, concluding with a discussion on their clinical applicability, the current research landscape, and ongoing challenges.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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