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(a) A vessel centerline is initialized by the vessel skeletonization. (b) An active contour model is built based on the centerline. (c) The contour iteratively grows and fits the left and right boundaries of the vessel. (d) The contour is cropped to obtain the left and right boundary (e). (f) The vessel width is measured by finding the average distances from one side to the other.
