Skip to main content
. 2015 Aug 24;42(9):5467–5478. doi: 10.1118/1.4924500

TABLE I.

Aorta morphology features.

Morphology feature Feature description
Arch width Distance between DA and AA centers measured at the level of trachea carina
Max arch width Max distance between DA and AA centers measured around the level of trachea carina
Mean radius Mean of the oblique aorta cross section radii computed along the aorta, DA, Arch, AA regions
SD radius Standard deviation of the oblique aorta cross section radii computed along the aorta
Centerline tortuosity Measure of how much aorta centerline bends computed along the aorta, DA, Arch, AA regions
Centerline curvature Mean curvature (directional change of the tangent vector) of the centerline curve computed along the aorta, Arch, AA regions