Title :
Automatic extraction of the arterial tree from 3-D angiograms
Author :
Higgins, W.E. ; Spyra, W.J.T. ; Ritman, E.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Physiol. & Biophys., Mayo Med. Sch., Rochester, MN, USA
Abstract :
A more efficient automated method is described for extracting the coronary arterial tree from a 3-D dynamic spatial reconstructor (DSR) angiogram. The method, its advantages, and the results of a 3-D arterial, tree extraction are discussed. The advantages of the method are that it requires only a few minutes of operator time to analyze a volume, the results are exactly reproducible, given the parameter values, and the algorithm works in three dimensions
Keywords :
computerised picture processing; diagnostic radiography; medical diagnostic computing; 3D dynamic spatial reconstructor; algorithm; automated method; coronary arterial tree extraction; medical diagnostic imaging; operator time; parameter values; Area measurement; Arteries; Automation; Biophysics; Computed tomography; Computer interfaces; Filters; Length measurement; Physiology; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95874
