Arterial imaging techniques and tissue characterisation using fuzzy logic

Author

Vandenberg, Jenine ; Campbell, Duncan ; Cameron, Jim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., La Trobe Univ., Bundoora, Vic., Australia

fYear

1994

fDate

29 Nov-2 Dec 1994

Firstpage

239

Lastpage

243

Abstract

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging provides a unique in vivo assessment of arterial disease. Currently this procedure has a number of limitations, some of which are addressed in this paper. A prototype unit has been designed to overcome non-uniform catheter withdrawal, and a study developed to enhance NUS images with minimal loss in image detail. The radial division of images into regions for tissue identification is discussed and fuzzy logic is used to characterise different tissue types in the arterial wall

Keywords

biomedical ultrasonics; cardiology; fuzzy logic; haemodynamics; image segmentation; medical image processing; NUS images; arterial disease; arterial imaging techniques; arterial wall; fuzzy logic; image detail; in vivo assessment; intravascular ultrasound imaging; nonuniform catheter withdrawal; prototype unit; radial division; tissue characterisation; tissue identification; Arteries; Automatic control; Cardiac disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Catheters; Fuzzy logic; In vitro; Noise reduction; Prototypes; Ultrasonic imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Information Systems,1994. Proceedings of the 1994 Second Australian and New Zealand Conference on

Conference_Location

Brisbane, Qld.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2404-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANZIIS.1994.396913

Filename

396913