A Semi-Automatic Coronary Artery Segmentation Framework Using Mechanical Simulation.

CVD (cardiovascular disease) is one of the biggest threats to human beings nowadays. An early and quantitative diagnosis of CVD is important in extending lifespan and improving people's life quality. Coronary artery stenosis can prevent CVD. To diagnose the degree of stenosis, the inner diameter of...

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Publicado en:Journal of Medical Systems Vol. 39; no. 10; pp. 1 - 8
Autores principales: Cai, Ken, Yang, Rongqian, Li, Lihua, Ou, Shanxing, Chen, Yuke, Dou, Jianhong
Formato: diagnostic images equations & formulas pictorial tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2015
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          Cai, Ken
          Yang, Rongqian
          Li, Lihua
          Ou, Shanxing
          Chen, Yuke
          Dou, Jianhong
        affil: Department of Biomedical Engineering, South China University of Technology, HEMC, Guangzhou 510006 China
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          Coronary Vessels Radiography
          Simulations
          Automation
          Coronary Stenosis Diagnosis
          Tomography, X-Ray Computed
          Image Processing, Computer Assisted
          Weights and Measures
          Algorithms
          Cardiovascular Diseases Diagnosis
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      ab: CVD (cardiovascular disease) is one of the biggest threats to human beings nowadays. An early and quantitative diagnosis of CVD is important in extending lifespan and improving people's life quality. Coronary artery stenosis can prevent CVD. To diagnose the degree of stenosis, the inner diameter of coronary artery needs to be measured. To achieve such measurement, the coronary artery is segmented by using a method that is based on morphology and the continuity between computed tomography image slices. A centerline extraction method based on mechanical simulation is proposed. This centerline extraction method can figure out a basic framework of the coronary artery by simulating pixel dots of the artery image into mass points. Such mass points have tensile forces, with which the outer pixel dots can be drawn to the center. Subsequently, the centerline of the coronary artery can be outlined by using the local line-fitting method. Finally, the nearest point method is adopted to measure the inner diameter. Experimental results showed that the methods proposed in this paper can precisely extract the centerline of the coronary artery and can accurately measure its inner diameter, thereby providing a basis for quantitative diagnosis of coronary artery stenosis.
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