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B-spline methods for interactive segmentation and modeling of lumen and vessel surfaces in three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound

✍ Scribed by Jon D. Klingensmith; D.Geoffrey Vince

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 699 KB
Volume: 26
Category: Article
ISSN: 0895-6111
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-6111(02)00025-3

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✦ Synopsis

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) provides direct depiction of coronary anatomy, including the degree and extent of coronary plaque, useful in quantitative research or clinical studies. These studies require fast and accurate analysis of coronary morphometry in volumetric IVUS images. Semi-automated interaction techniques are important for this task due to limitations of automated processing. We present B-spline-based surface fitting and manipulation methods that provide a foundation for such interaction techniques. They can be integrated easily with previously developed segmentation algorithms to provide a semi-automated segmentation system for identification of luminal and vessel borders in volumetric IVUS images.

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