Fusion of 2D B-mode images for the enhancement of the abdominal aorta

Author

Lopata, R.G.P. ; Lindeboom, L. ; Nillesen, M.M. ; de Korte, C.L. ; Bosboom, E.M.H. ; van de Vosse, F.N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2010

fDate

11-14 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

1661

Lastpage

1664

Abstract

Non-invasive imaging is currently applied in diagnosing and monitoring of abdominal aortic aneurysms. However, the quality of the images and especially the visibility of the vessel wall are not optimal for wall stress analysis of or strain imaging. In this study, enhancement of the aortic wall by compounding of different images was investigated. In healthy subjects, three images of the abdominal aorta obtained at different angles were combined using three different types of compounding. This pilot study revealed that the contrast of the vessel wall was enhanced significantly with respect to the lumen.

Keywords

biological tissues; biomedical ultrasonics; image enhancement; image fusion; medical disorders; medical image processing; 2D B-mode image fusion; abdominal aorta enhancement; abdominal aortic aneurysm; aortic wall; noninvasive imaging; strain imaging; Aneurysm; Biomedical imaging; Blood; Compounds; Strain; Ultrasonic imaging; 2D; B-mode; aorta; fusion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1948-5719

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0382-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935696

Filename

5935696