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Vascular geometry characterization for AI-based endovascular navigation

  • By

  • Han-Ru Wu

  • Harry Robertshaw

  • Lisa Dwyer-Joyce

  • Thomas C Booth

  • Alejandro Granados

  • July 2, 2026

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    Mechanical thrombectomy is the gold-standard treatment for large-vessel occlusions in acute ischemic stroke.

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    AI-driven strategies, particularly reinforcement learning, are proposed to enhance endovascular navigation during mechanical thrombectomy.

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    A standardized vascular geometry quantification pipeline is essential for comparing reinforcement learning models in endovascular navigation.

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    The study introduces a pipeline for extracting vascular features from CTA scans to analyze their impact on navigation outcomes.

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    The analysis utilizes the largest dataset of CTA-derived real patient vasculatures for autonomous endovascular navigation.

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Vascular geometry characterization for AI-based endovascular navigation

  • by Han-Ru Wu, Harry Robertshaw, Lisa Dwyer-Joyce, Thomas C Booth, Alejandro Granados

  • July 2, 2026

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