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Identifying and tracking a guide wire in the coronary arteries during angioplasty from X-ray images.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9214795     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
During angioplasty, a guide wire (GW) is routinely placed in the coronary artery. Balloon inflation during angioplasty causes transient occlusion of the coronary artery and regional dysfunction. Thus, it is of major importance to monitor myocardial function, which may be impaired during this period. Since the GW moves with the coronary arteries, information regarding myocardial function can potentially be extracted from the GW motion. An algorithm is suggested which is a step toward such monitoring. The algorithm presented is a semiautomatic procedure for identifying and tracking the GW using specific characteristics of the GW. This algorithm is based on working in limited active windows. A preprocessing stage which enhances the GW by the use of a modified Laplacian filter or a modified Marr-Hildreth filter is introduced. The second stage of the algorithm is the tracking of the GW, which is based on fitting a second-degree polynomial to the GW using the Hough transform in each window. To further improve the results further modifications of the basic algorithms that were taken. A single set of parameters, which enabled good tracking for a large number of images taken during angioplasty, was fitted to the final algorithm.
Authors:
D Palti-Wasserman; A M Brukstein; R P Beyar
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering     Volume:  44     ISSN:  0018-9294     ISO Abbreviation:  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng     Publication Date:  1997 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-08-13     Completed Date:  1997-08-13     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0012737     Medline TA:  IEEE Trans Biomed Eng     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  152-64     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Julius Silver Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary / instrumentation*,  methods,  statistics & numerical data
Artifacts
Coronary Angiography / methods*,  statistics & numerical data
Filtration / methods
Humans
Microcomputers
Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods
Software Design

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