Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The paper discusses the estimation of the degree of atherosclerosis in the human femoral artery through the use of a digital image processing system for vascular angiograms. The film digitizer uses an electronic image dissector camera to scan the angiogram and convert the recorded optical density information into a numerical format. Another processing step involves locating the vessel edges from the digital image. The computer has been programmed to estimate vessel abnormality through a series of measurements, some derived primarily from the vessel edge information and others from optical density variations within the lumen shadow. These measurements are combined into an atherosclerosis index, which is found in a post-mortem study to correlate well with both visual and chemical estimates of atherosclerotic disease.
Keywords:
MAN/SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SUPPORT
Type:
Conference on Cardiovascular imaging and image processing: Theory and practice - 1975; Jul 10, 1975 - Jul 12, 1975; Stanford, CA
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text
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