TY - GEN
T1 - Automated IVUS contour detection using intensity features and Radial Basis Function approximation
AU - Papadogiorgaki, Maria
AU - Mezaris, Vasileios
AU - Chatzizisis, Yiannis S.
AU - Giannoglou, George D.
AU - Kompatsiaris, Ioannis
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) constitutes a valuable technique for the diagnosis and management of coronary atherosclerosis. The detection of lumen and media-adventitia borders in IVUS images represents a necessary step in the utilization of the IVUS data for the reliable quantitative assessment of atherosclerotic lesions. In this paper, a fully automated technique for the detection of lumen and media-adventitia boundaries is developed. This comprises two different steps for contour initialization, one for each corresponding contour of interest, and a procedure for the refinement of the detected contours based on Radial Basis Function approximation. The proposed approach is shown to be capable of performing quick and reliable automated segmentation of IVUS images.
AB - Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) constitutes a valuable technique for the diagnosis and management of coronary atherosclerosis. The detection of lumen and media-adventitia borders in IVUS images represents a necessary step in the utilization of the IVUS data for the reliable quantitative assessment of atherosclerotic lesions. In this paper, a fully automated technique for the detection of lumen and media-adventitia boundaries is developed. This comprises two different steps for contour initialization, one for each corresponding contour of interest, and a procedure for the refinement of the detected contours based on Radial Basis Function approximation. The proposed approach is shown to be capable of performing quick and reliable automated segmentation of IVUS images.
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U2 - 10.1109/CBMS.2007.27
DO - 10.1109/CBMS.2007.27
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34748905877
SN - 0769529054
SN - 9780769529059
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
SP - 183
EP - 188
BT - Proceedings - Twentieth IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, CBMS'07
T2 - 20th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, CBMS'07
Y2 - 20 June 2007 through 22 June 2007
ER -