A public cardiac CT dataset featuring the left atrial appendage

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06090v1
• Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 16:16:59 GMT
• Title: A public cardiac CT dataset featuring the left atrial appendage
• Authors: Bjoern Hansen, Jonas Pedersen, Klaus F. Kofoed, Oscar Camara, Rasmus R. Paulsen, Kristine Soerensen,
• Abstract summary: We present the first open-source, anatomically coherent dataset of curated, high-resolution segmentations for left atrial appendages (LAA), coronary arteries (CAs), and pulmonary veins (PVs)<n>LAA segmentations on ImageCAS were generated using a state-of-the-art segmentation framework developed specifically for high resolution LAA segmentation.<n>We provide a list of scans from ImageCAS that contains common data flaws such as step artefacts, LAAs extending beyond the scanner's field of view, and other types of data defects.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Despite the success of advanced segmentation frameworks such as TotalSegmentator (TS), accurate segmentations of the left atrial appendage (LAA), coronary arteries (CAs), and pulmonary veins (PVs) remain a significant challenge in medical imaging. In this work, we present the first open-source, anatomically coherent dataset of curated, high-resolution segmentations for these structures, supplemented with whole-heart labels produced by TS on the publicly available ImageCAS dataset consisting of 1000 cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) scans. One purpose of the data set is to foster novel approaches to the analysis of LAA morphology. LAA segmentations on ImageCAS were generated using a state-of-the-art segmentation framework developed specifically for high resolution LAA segmentation. We trained the network on a large private dataset with manual annotations provided by medical readers guided by a trained cardiologist and transferred the model to ImageCAS data. CA labels were improved from the original ImageCAS annotations, while PV segmentations were refined from TS outputs. In addition, we provide a list of scans from ImageCAS that contains common data flaws such as step artefacts, LAAs extending beyond the scanner's field of view, and other types of data defects.

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