Synthesis of 3D arterial images from multiple ultrasound images

Author

Selzer, R.H. ; Blankenhorn, David H. ; Lee, Paul L. ; Lai, June Y.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

1989

Firstpage

419

Abstract

A method is outlined for generating 3-D ultrasound images of arteries from multiple 2-D images with known spatial coordinates. A magnetic spatial locating device is attached to the ultrasound transducer to track its position. Images are acquired that cover the artery from varying views. The images are digitized and then processed by computer methods to find the arterial wall boundaries. Detected boundaries from sequences of images are then transformed to a common spatial reference point and combined to represent the wall in three dimensions. The method is tested on both a phantom and on human carotid artery

Keywords

acoustic imaging; biomedical ultrasonics; computerised picture processing; medical diagnostic computing; patient diagnosis; 3D arterial images synthesis; arterial wall boundaries; common spatial reference point; computerised image processing; human carotid artery; magnetic spatial locating device; medical diagnostic imaging; multiple ultrasound images; phantom; Acoustic transducers; Biomedical imaging; Carotid arteries; Computer displays; Humans; Image edge detection; Magnetic devices; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95798

Filename

95798