Title :
Development of a realistic three-layer phantom for intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging
Author :
Brunette, Jean ; Mongrain, Rosaire ; Durand, L.G. ; Bertrand, Olivier F. ; Laurier, Jean ; Tardlf, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Montreal Heart Inst., Que., Canada
Abstract :
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging is a tomographic modality that experienced a tremendous development since its beginning twenty years ago. It has the advantage of imaging the arterial wall and therefore of compensating for the limitations of angiography. Phantoms, which are objects of known dimensions, utilized under controlled conditions, are required to verify calibration and to validate segmentation and tissue characterization algorithms. The aim of the present study is develop and validate a three-layer phantom
Keywords :
acoustic tomography; biomedical ultrasonics; blood vessels; calibration; image segmentation; medical image processing; moulding; physiological models; arterial wall; control attenuation; custom made mould; in vivo characteristics; intravascular US imaging; realistic three-layer phantom; segmentation validation algorithms; tissue characterization algorithms; tomographic modality; Angiography; Arteries; Attenuation; Backscatter; Calibration; Heart; Imaging phantoms; In vivo; Tomography; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804204
