# Segmentation of aorta using itk
**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/segmentation-of-aorta-using-itk/4101
**Category:** Algorithms
**Tags:** dicom, itkv5, cpp, cmake
**Created:** [May 5, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/segmentation-of-aorta-using-itk/4101 "2021-05-05T07:52:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@priyanka](https://discourse.itk.org/u/priyanka)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/segmentation-of-aorta-using-itk/4101/1 "2021-05-05T07:52:07Z")
I’m new to this topic.
Suggest me best method for segmenting aorta from the series of dicoms using itk C++.
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### Author:  [@dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dzenanz)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/segmentation-of-aorta-using-itk/4101/2 "2021-05-05T13:29:35Z")
[TubeTK](https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITKTubeTK) is geared toward such a thing. Perhaps @Stephen_Aylward can provide the best starting point?
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### Author:  [@Stephen\_Aylward](https://discourse.itk.org/u/Stephen_Aylward)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/segmentation-of-aorta-using-itk/4101/3 "2021-05-05T15:06:05Z")
TubeTK is good for segmenting smaller vessels or creating centerline representations of already segmenting structures (large and small).
I suggest exploring some of the interactive segmentation tools in 3D Slicer and/or ITKSnap. If you find some segmentation methods that work well interactively with your data, we can perhaps suggest how to automated those interactive methods.
Stephen
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### Author:  [@priyanka](https://discourse.itk.org/u/priyanka)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/segmentation-of-aorta-using-itk/4101/4 "2021-05-07T06:26:18Z")
Dear Stephen\_Aylward
Thank you for answering my question, I look into TubeTK and explore the tools.