Estimation Of 3-D Shape Of Blood Vessels From X-Ray Images.

Yoram Bresler; Albert Macovski

doi:10.1117/12.964766

3 August 1984 Estimation Of 3-D Shape Of Blood Vessels From X-Ray Images.

Yoram Bresler, Albert Macovski

Proceedings Volume 0515, Medical Images and Icons; (1984) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.964766
Event: Medical Images and Icons, 1984, Arlington, United States

Abstract

A new approach to blood vessel boundary estimation from a few whole volume projection images addressing the problems of low S/N ratio, low sampling rate and optimum data utilization, and the clinical need for three dimensional information about the vessel is presented in this paper. It is based on a recently developed estimation approach and algorithm for 3-D reconstruction from projections with incomplete and very noisy data. Using a stochastic dynamic model for the vessel, the imaging problem is reformulated as a nonlinear state estimation problem of small dimensionality, and an approximate recursive MMSE smoothing algorithm for its solution is presented. Computationally, the algorithm outperforms by orders of magnitude a previously suggested estimation method for blood vessel imaging, which was infeasible for the 3-D problem.

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Yoram Bresler and Albert Macovski "Estimation Of 3-D Shape Of Blood Vessels From X-Ray Images.", Proc. SPIE 0515, Medical Images and Icons, (3 August 1984); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.964766

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