Adaptive spatial-temporal filtering applied to x-ray fluoroscopy angiography

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5744, Issue II, 2005, Pages 870-878

  Schoonenberg, Gert ^a,b   Schrijver, Marc ^c   Duan, Qi ^b   Kemkers, Richard ^c   Laine, Andrew ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MC 8904 ^*  (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive filtering; Angiography; Catheter tracking; Guide wire tracking; Image enhancement; Interventional radiology; Minimally invasive surgery; Spatial filtering; Temporal filtering

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOLOGY; WAVE FILTERS; WIRE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CATHETER TRACKING; GUIDE-WIRE TRACKING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; SPATIAL FILTERING; TEMPORAL FILTERING;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 23244449048     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.596535     Document Type: Conference Paper

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