GB201106184D0 - Processing ultrasound images - Google Patents

Processing ultrasound images

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GB201106184D0
GB201106184D0 GBGB1106184.3A GB201106184A GB201106184D0 GB 201106184 D0 GB201106184 D0 GB 201106184D0 GB 201106184 A GB201106184 A GB 201106184A GB 201106184 D0 GB201106184 D0 GB 201106184D0
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vascular tissue
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Abstract

A method of processing an ultrasound image of a vascular tissue comprises: segmenting the ultrasound image into regions corresponding to vascular tissue lumen and vascular tissue; determining the diameter of the vascular tissue lumen at a plurality of points; determining an inter-percentile range of the plurality of diameters; and calculating a statistic of centre, such as a mean, of the plurality of diameters from the inter-percentile range of the plurality of diameters. A method of segmenting an image of a tubular structure comprising a hollow core is also claimed, the method comprises: i) selecting a seed point within the hollow core of the tubular structure and designating the seed point as a candidate image element; ii) identifying a predetermined number of adjoined image elements horizontally aligned with the candidate image element and designating the candidate image element as a core image element if the predetermined number of adjoining image elements horizontally aligned with the candidate image element have a required intensity value; iii) selecting a new candidate image element and repeating step ii), wherein iterations of step iii) are performed until a horizontal boundary is reached, such that a horizontal span of the core is provided; iv) identifying a candidate image element in vertical alignment with a core image element; and v) designating the candidate image element as a core image element if the candidate image element has a required intensity value and a predetermined number of image elements in horizontal alignment with said core image element are designated as core image elements. The methods may be used in a method of detecting Cardiovascular Disease (CVD).
GB1106184.3A 2011-04-12 2011-04-12 Processing ultrasound images to determine diameter of vascular tissue lumen and method of segmenting an image of a tubular structure comprising a hollow core Withdrawn GB2490477A (en)

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GB1106184.3A GB2490477A (en) 2011-04-12 2011-04-12 Processing ultrasound images to determine diameter of vascular tissue lumen and method of segmenting an image of a tubular structure comprising a hollow core
PCT/EP2012/056691 WO2012140147A2 (en) 2011-04-12 2012-04-12 Processing ultrasound images

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