Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
A computer system has been developed to quantify the degree of atherosclerosis in the human femoral artery. The analysis involves first scanning and digitizing angiographic film, then tracking the outline of the arterial image and finally computing the relative amount of roughness or irregularity in the vessel wall. The image processing system and method are described.
Keywords:
MAN/SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SUPPORT
Type:
Seminar on Applications of optics in medicine and biology; Aug 26, 1976 - Aug 27, 1976; San Diego, CA
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