Image operations in quantification of atherosclerosis from digitized angiograms

Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 1991 May;35(1):1-10. doi: 10.1016/0169-2607(91)90098-e.

Abstract

This report describes a method of quantifying the inner volume (lumen volume) of a contrast medium-filled femoral artery from a roentgenogram by computerized image analysis. The various factors influencing the accuracy of the volume determination are analyzed and an image-processing procedure for the elimination of artifacts due to crossing arteries is described and evaluated. The presented methods have been used in a large study of 281 patients and the short-term reproducibility has been found to be 1.00.

MeSH terms

  • Arteriosclerosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Femoral Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Models, Structural
  • Radiography
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • User-Computer Interface