In-vivo segmentation and quantification of coronary lesions by optical coherence tomography images for a lesion type definition and stenosis grading

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1157-1168

  Celi, Simona ^a,b   Berti, Sergio ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Heart Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Coronary arteries; Optical coherence tomography; Plaque morphology; Vessel segmentation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; GRADING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

3D GEOMETRICAL MODEL; 3D RECONSTRUCTION; AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; CORONARY ARTERIES; CROSS SECTIONAL IMAGE; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; PLAQUE MORPHOLOGY; VESSEL SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CALIBRATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84904904429     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: 13618423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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