Technical Validations and Articles by Founders of VIDA

1. Tschirren, J.; Hoffman, E.A.; McLennan, G.; Sonka, M.: Intrathoracic airway trees: segmentation and airway morphology analysis from low-dose CT scans, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Volume 24, Issue 12, 2005, 1529 - 1539.
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2. Tschirren, J.; McLennan, G.; Palagyi, K.; Hoffman, E.A.; Sonka, M.: Matching and anatomical labeling of human airway tree, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Volume 24, Issue 12, 2005, 1540 - 1547.
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3. E. A. Hoffman, J. M. Reinhardt, M. Sonka, B. A. Simon, J. Guo, O. Saba, D. Chon, S. Samrah, H. Shikata, J. Tschirren, K. Palagyi, K. C. Beck, G. McLennan: Characterization of the Interstitial Lung Diseases via Density-Based and Texture-Based Analysis of Computed Tomography Images of Lung Structure and Function, Academic Radiology, 2003, Vol. 10, 1104-1118.
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4. J Tschirren, K Palagyi, J M Reinhardt, E A Hoffman, M Sonka: Segmentation, skeletonization, and branchpoint matching – A fully automated quantitative evaluation of human intrathoracic air- way trees (paper accepted after a full review), Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2002, Berlin, Springer, 2002, 12–19
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5. K. Palagyi, J. Tschirren, E. A. Hoffman and M. Sonka: Quantitative analysis of pulmonary airway tree structures. Comput Biol Med. 2006, 36(9)  974-96.
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6. K. Palagyi, J. Tschirren, M. Sonka: Quantitative Analysis of Intrathoracic Airway Trees: Methods and Validation (paper accepted after a full review), Information Processing in Medical Imaging – Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2003, vol. 2732, 222-233, Springer.
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7. K. Palagyi, J. Tschirren, E.A. Hoffman, M. Sonka: Assessment of intrathoracic airway trees: Methods and in vivo validation (paper accepted after a full review), Computer Vision and Mathematical Methods in Medical and Biomedical Image Analysis – Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2004, vol. 3117, p. 341–352, Springer.
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8. J Tschirren ,E.A.Hoffman, G. McLennan, M. Sonka: Branchpoint Labeling and Matching in Human Airway Trees, Medical Imaging 2003: Physiology and Function: Methods, Systems, and Applications, SPIE Proceedings, 2003, Vol. 5031, 187–194.
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9. K Palagyi, J Tschirren, M Sonka: Quantitative analysis of three-dimensional tubular tree structures, SPIE Medical Imaging 2003, Image processing, Vol. 5032, p. 277–287, 2003.
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10. J. Tschirren, E. Hoffman, G. McLennan, M. Sonka. Airway tree segmentation using adaptive regions of interest, SPIE Medical Imaging 2004 - Physiology and Function, Vol. 5369, 2004, 117-124.
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11. Sonka, M., Tschirren, J., Ukil, S., Zhang, X., Xu, Y., Reinhardt, J., van Beek, E.J., McLennan, G., Hoffman, E.A.: Pulmonary CT image analysis and computer aided detection. In: Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2007, 4th IEEE International Symposium, 500-503, IEEE, 2007.
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12. J. Tschirren, K. Palagyi, E. Hoffman, M. Sonka: Fully automated segmentation, skeletonization, and branchpoint matching in human intrathoracic airway trees, Proceedings of  Radiological Society of North America, 2002, Abstract 565.
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13. M. Sonka, W. Park, E.A. Hoffman, Rule-Based Detection of Intrathoracic Airway Trees, IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol. 15, 1996, 314 – 326.
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14. Hoffman EA, Clough AV, Christensen GE, Lin CL, McLennan G, Reinhardt JM, Simon BA, Sonka M, Tawhai MH, van Beek EJ, et al. The comprehensive imaging-based analysis of the lung: A forum for team science. Acad Radiol 2004.
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15. Y. Xu, M. Sonka, G. McLennan, J. Guo, E. Hoffman: MDCT-based 3-D texture classification of emphysema and early smoking related lung pathologies. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2006,  Vol. 25, Issue 4, 464–475.
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16. R. Uppaluri, T. Mitsa, E. A. Hoffman, G. McLennan, M. Sonka: Texture analysis of pulmonary parenchyma in normal and emphysematous lung, Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 2709, Bellingham, WA, SPIE, 1996, 456–467.
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17. J. M. Reinhardt, W. Park, E. A. Hoffman, M. Sonka, Intra-thoracic airway wall detection using graph search and scanner PSF information, Medical Imaging – Physiology and Function from Multidimensional Images, Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 3033, Bellingham, WA, SPIE, 1997, 93–101.
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18. Uppaluri, R, McLennan, G., Sonka, M., Hoffman, E.: Computer-based Objective Quantitative Assessment of Pulmonary Parenchyma via X-ray CT. Proceedings SPIE, Vol. 3337, 1998, 377–383.
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19. H. Shikata, E. Hoffman, M. Sonka. Automated segmentation of pulmonary vascular tree from 3D CT images, SPIE Medical Imaging 2004 - Physiology and Function, Vol. 5369, 2004, 107-116.
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20. H. Shikata, M. Sonka, A. Delsing, G. McLennan, E. Hoffman: Pulmonary Vascular Tree Segmentation from Thoracic MDCT Images. Proceedings of RSNA, 2004.
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21. Y. Xu, M. Sonka, E. vanBeek, G. McLennan, J. Guo, E A Hoffman: MDCT-based Computer-aided Detection of Interstitial Lung Disease Using 3-Dimensional Texture Features, Proceedings of RSNA, 2005, 714.
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22. J. Reinhardt, B. van Ginneken, M. Sonka: Special Issue on Pulmonary Imaging – Editorial. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Volume 25, Issue 4, 2006, 381–384.
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23. H Kitaoka, Y Park, J Tschirren, J M Reinhardt, M Sonka, G McLennan, E A Hoffman: Automated nomenclature labeling of the bronchial tree in 3D-CT lung images (paper accepted after a full review), Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2002, Berlin, Springer, 2002, 1–11.
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24. S. Ukil, M. Sonka, and J. M. Reinhardt: Automatic segmentation of pulmonary fissures in X-ray CT images using anatomic guidance. Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, edited by Joseph M. Reinhardt, Josien P. W. Pluim, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6144, 2006.
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25. G. E. Christensen, N. Burnette, W. Gao, M. Shaker, J. M. Reinhardt, J. E. Cook-Granroth, G. McLennan, and E. A. Hoffman. Human airway tree structure query atlas, Proceedings of SPIE--Medical Imaging, 2010, vol. 7626.
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26. K. Cao, K. Ding, G. E. Christensen, and J. M. Reinhardt. Tissue volume and vesselness measure preserving nonrigid registration of lung CT images, Proceedings of SPIE-- Medical Imaging, 2010, vol. 7623.
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27. S. Ukil and J. M. Reinhardt. Anatomy-guided lung lobar segmentation  in X-ray CT images. IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 202-214, 2009.
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28. E. A. Hoffman, R. Jiang, H. Baumhauer, M. A. Brooks, J. J. Carr, R. Detrano, J. M. Reinhardt, J. Rodriguez, K. Stukovsky, N. Wong, and R. G. Barr. Reproducibility and validity of lung density measures from cardiac CT Scans -- The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung Study. Acad. Radiol., 2009, vol. 16, no. 6, 689-699.
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29. J. Tschirren, T. Yavarna, and J. M. Reinhardt. Airway Segmentation Framework for Clinical Environments. In M. Brown, M. de Bruijne, B. van Ginneken, A. Kiraly, J.-M. Kuhnigk, C. Lorenz, J. R. McClelland, K. Mori, A. Reeves, and J. M. Reinhardt, eds., Second International Workshop on Pulmonary Image Analysis, pp. 227-238, London, UK, 2009.
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30. P. Lo, B. van Ginneken, J. M. Reinhardt, and M. de Bruijne. Extraction of Airways from CT (EXACT'09). In M. Brown, M. de Bruijne, B. van Ginneken, A. Kiraly, J.-M. Kuhnigk, C. Lorenz, J. R. McClelland, K. Mori, A. Reeves, and J. M. Reinhardt, eds., Second International Workshop on Pulmonary Image Analysis, pp. 175-189, London, UK, 2009.
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31. B. Li, G. E. Christensen, G. McLennan, E. A. Hoffman, and J. M. Reinhardt. Pulmonary CT image registration and warping for tracking tissue deformation during the respiratory cycle through 3-D Consistent Image Registration. Medical Physics, vol. 35, no. 12, 5575-5583, 2008.
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32. J. M. Reinhardt, K. Ding, K. Cao, G. E. Christensen, E. A. Hoffman, and S. V. Bodas. Registration-based estimates of local lung tissue expansion compared to xenon-CT measures of specific ventilation. Medical Image Analysis, vol. 12, no. 6, 752-763, 2008.
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33. S. Ukil and J. M. Reinhardt. Smoothing Lung Segmentation Surfaces in 3D X-ray CT Images using Anatomic Guidance. Acad. Radiol., vol. 12, no. 12, 1502-1511, 2005.
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34. S. Ukil, E. A. Hoffman, and J. M. Reinhardt. Automatic lung lobe segmentation in X-ray CT images by 3D watershed transform using anatomic information from the segmented airway tree. Proceedings of SPIE--Medical Imaging, vol. 5747, 556-567, San Diego, CA, 2005.
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35. S. Ukil and J. M. Reinhardt. Smoothing Lung Segmentation Surfaces in 3D X-ray CT Images using Anatomic Guidance. In Proc. SPIE Conf. Medical Imaging, vol. 5370, 1066-1075, 2004.
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36. O. Saba, E. A. Hoffman, and J. M. Reinhardt. Maximizing Quantitative Accuracy of Lung Airway Lumen and Wall Measures Obtained from X-ray CT Imaging. J. Applied Physiology, vol. 95, 1063-1095, 2003.
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37. S. Hu, E. A. Hoffman, and J. M. Reinhardt. Automatic lung segmentation for accurate quantitation of volumetric X-ray CT images. IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 490-498, 2001.
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38. J. M. Reinhardt, J. Guo, L. Zhang, D. Bilgen, S. Hu, R. Uppaluri, R. M. Long, O. Saba, G. McLennan, M. Sonka, and E. A. Hoffman. Integrated System for Objective Assessment of Global and Regional Lung Structure. In Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, vol. 2208 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 1384-1385, Utrecht, 2001.
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39. J. M. Reinhardt and E. A. Hoffman. Quantitative Pulmonary Imaging: Spatial and Temporal Considerations in High-Resolution CT. Acad. Radiol., vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 539-546, 1998.
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