Title
Automatic 3d segmentation of intravascular ultrasound images using region and contour information
Abstract
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) produces images of arteries that show the lumen in addition to the layered structure of the vessel wall. A new automatic 3D IVUS fast-marching segmentation model is presented. The method is based on a combination of region and contour information, namely the gray level probability density functions (PDFs) of the vessel structures and the image gradient. Accurate results were obtained on in-vivo and simulated data with average point to point distances between detected vessel wall boundaries and validation contours below 0.105 mm. Moreover, Hausdorff distances (that represent the worst point to point variations) resulted in values below 0.344 mm, which demonstrate the potential of combining region and contour information in a fast-marching scheme for 3D automatic IVUS image processing.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1007/11566465_40
MICCAI
Keywords
Field
DocType
image processing,hausdorff distance,probability density function,fast marching,point to point
Computer vision,Image gradient,Intravascular ultrasound,Pattern recognition,Segmentation,Computer science,Image processing,Lumen (unit),Artificial intelligence,Hausdorff space,Point-to-point,Probability density function
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
8
Pt 1
0302-9743
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
3-540-29327-2
7
0.89
References 
Authors
6
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marie-Hélène Roy Cardinal1927.38
Jean Meunier267359.36
Gilles Soulez315718.24
Roch L. Maurice49510.54
Éric Thérasse5564.05
Guy Cloutier6685.47