Automated planning approaches for non-invasive cardiac valve replacement procedures from CT angiography

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to develop image processing

solutions that enable

the fully automatic pre-operative planning of aorta-related procedures, such as Trans-catheter aortic valve replacement and aorta dilatation diagnosis. Hence, the objectives of this thesis are as follows: 1. To fully automatically quantify the aorto-iliac vascular access route, including the aortic root by image processing methods in CTA. 2. To broaden the scope of automatic methods into the detection of aorta dilatation. 3. To integrate the automatic quantification methods into applications which allow manual interactions and the calculation of clinically relevant parameters. 4. To demonstrate the accuracy and feasibility of the fully automatic planning and quantification methods in different patient cohorts.