Novel Algorithm for Centerline Extraction of Coronary Arterial Tree in Coronary Angiographic Projections

摘要：

An automatic algorithm is proposed for centerline extraction of coronary arterial tree (CAT) in X-ray projections (coronary angiography). First of all, a segmentation algorithm based on Hessian matrix is applied for the extraction of CAT, followed by thinning the extracted CAT to obtain the skeletons. By applying centerline correction algorithm based on Gabor filter to the skeleton, the centerline, as well as the diameter, can be obtained. In addition, two criteria for centerline accuracy evaluation are proposed. The proposed method is verified through the experimental studies.

关键词： Hessian matrix Gabor filter centerline

作者: Yingchao Li Yue Liu Yongtian Wang

作者单位: School of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2007 IEEE/ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering-CME2007(CME2007 第二届国际复合医学工程学术大会)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 806-811

在线出版日期: 2007-05-23（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）