Title :
Implementation of medical image segmentation using Virtex FPGA kit
Author :
Hemalatha, R. ; Santhiyakumari, N. ; Suresh, S.
Author_Institution :
ME- VLSI Design, Knowledge Inst. of Technol., Salem, India
Abstract :
In the decade of technological advancement, the image processing techniques has made it possible to save lives of several beings. The diagnosis of cardiovascular involved in complex procedures whereas the analysis of blood vessels carried out. The image segmentation technique is used to eliminate such complexities in Ultrasound carotid image diagnosis. In this paper the implementation of segmented intima-media interface of the common carotid artery image has been proposed in real time Virtex Field Programmable Gate Array. The intima-media interface has been extracted using threshold segmentation technique. The pre-processing step is used to remove speckles present in the ultrasound carotid image and the morphological techniques can be used in segmentation algorithm with the aid of Aphelion Dev software. The resulting image has been implemented in Virtex which provides minimum hardware resources and low power consumption and is desirable for real time medical applications and analysis.
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; blood vessels; cardiovascular system; feature extraction; field programmable gate arrays; image denoising; image segmentation; medical image processing; speckle; Aphelion Dev software; Virtex FPGA kit; blood vessel analysis; cardiovascular diagnosis; common carotid artery image; image processing techniques; image segmentation technique; medical image segmentation; morphological techniques; preprocessing step; real time Virtex Field Programmable Gate Array; real time medical applications; segmented intima-media interface; speckle removal; threshold segmentation technique; ultrasound carotid image diagnosis; Biomedical imaging; Carotid arteries; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Image segmentation; Media; Ultrasonic imaging; Aphelion Dev; Common carotid artery (CCA); Intima-media layer; Threshold segmentation technique; Virtex Field Programmable Gate Array;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Processing And Communication Engineering Systems (SPACES), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guntur
DOI :
10.1109/SPACES.2015.7058283