A method of automated coronary artery tracking in unsubtracted angiograms

Author

Hart, M. ; Holley, L.

Author_Institution

R. North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

1993

fDate

5-8 Sep 1993

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

96

Abstract

Automated vessel tracking techniques are used to give objective values for artery parameters. Look ahead methods of vessel tracking are subject to false tracking because they ignore information between sampling profiles. The method presented here incorporates information within subsections of the image to provide stable artery tracking even with relatively complex vessel structure. It is slower than other vessel tracking techniques due to calculations being done on complete image blocks but faster than recognition algorithms using global image structures since only local information is processed

Keywords

angiocardiography; medical image processing; artery parameters; automated coronary artery tracking method; false tracking; image subsections; information between sampling profiles; local information; look ahead methods; medical diagnostic imaging; stable artery tracking; unsubtracted angiograms; Angioplasty; Arteries; Australia; Bifurcation; Design methodology; Hospitals; Image recognition; Image sampling; Iterative algorithms; Sun;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology 1993, Proceedings.

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5470-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1993.378496

Filename

378496