Title :
Stent strut detection in intravascular optical coherence tomography
Author :
Carreira, Maria J. ; Gonzalez, Y.M. ; Penedo, M.G. ; Trillo, R.
Author_Institution :
Centro de Investig. en Tecnoloxias da Informacion (CITIUS), Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Abstract :
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a catheter-based imaging method that employs near-infrared light to produce high-resolution cross-sectional intravascular images. In this work we propose a technique for stent strut detection in intravascular OCT images for the purpose of evaluation of neointimal coverage and stent malapposition.
Keywords :
medical image processing; object detection; optical tomography; catheter-based imaging method; high-resolution cross-sectional intravascular image; intravascular OCT image; intravascular optical coherence tomography; near-infrared light; neointimal coverage evaluation; stent malapposition evaluation; stent strut detection; Biomedical optical imaging; Coherence; Histograms; Optical imaging; Tomography; Ultrasonic imaging; intravascular image analysis; optical coherence tomography; stent strut detection;
Conference_Titel :
Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2013 8th Iberian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisboa
