Title
A novel active contour model for fully automated segmentation of intravascular ultrasound images: In vivo validation in human coronary arteries
Abstract
The detection of lumen and media-adventitia borders in intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images constitutes a necessary step for the quantitative assessment of atherosclerotic lesions. To date, most of the segmentation methods reported are either manual, or semi-automated, requiring user interaction at some extent, which increases the analysis time and detection errors. In this work, a fully automated approach for lumen and media-adventitia border detection is presented based on an active contour model, the initialization of which is performed via an analysis mechanism that takes advantage of the inherent morphologic characteristics of IVUS images. The in vivo validation of the proposed model in human coronary arteries revealed that it is a feasible approach, enabling accurate and rapid segmentation of multiple IVUS images.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.12.003
Comp. in Bio. and Med.
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS),Segmentation,Active contour models,Coronary arteries
Journal
37
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
9
0010-4825
18
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.29
6
12