The attempt of the blood vessel contractibility estimation on the basis of the computed tomography imaging

• Autorzy: Porwik P. , Sosnowski M. , Wróbel K. , Wesołowski T.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Cardiovascular mortality remains a leading health and social problem in many countries throughout the world. Its main cause is related to atherosclerosis of coronary and cerebral vessels with their most severe consequences: heart attack and stroke. Therefore, it is obvious that current preventive measures include early detection of atherosclerosis process. Multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) is one of imaging modalities allowing for noninvasive detection of atherosclerotic lesion within coronary arteries in subjects with accumulation of risk factors (smoking, high lipids, hypertension, male gender, family history) or with suspicion of coronary artery disease (CAD). In is very important that the tomographic images are taken in synchronization with cardiac cycle so that, during few heartbeats, an appropriate series of images can be recorded. Commonly, cardiac MDCT is used for visualization of cardiac and vessels morphology. Heart function can also be determined, however, this MDCT potential is only rarely applied, as current echocardiographic modalities are sufficient. Functional analysis of coronary arteries (flow, reserve) is usually approached by means of invasive procedures. We aimed at finding solution for evaluation of another kind of functional analysis of coronary arteries, namely vessel's wall compliance by means of MDCT coronary angiography. Under the proposed procedure, on basis of serial CT images of the vessels over entire cardiac cycles, the internal area of the blood vessel is measured and its changes during various phases of heartbeat (systole, diastole) are calculated. If the vessel wall has been changed by atherosclerotic plaque, either calcified or non-calcified, then its compliance will be reduced due to its stiffness. Calculation of coronary artery compliance requires a series of measurements, which is unreliable and impractical for doing manually. One component of the method described herein involves the images being converted into binary representations and the Hough Transform then applied. The overall methodology proposed in this paper assists in the preparation of a medical diagnosis.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

coronary artery disease; arteriosclerosis; image processing

PL

choroba wieńcowa; miażdżyca; przetwarzanie obrazów

• Wydawca: University of Silesia, Institute of Informatics, Computer Systems Department
• Czasopismo: Journal of Medical Informatics & Technologies
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 17
• Strony: 173--181
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 11 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Porwik P.

• University of Silesia, Institute of Computer Science, ul. Będzińska 39, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland

autor

Sosnowski M.

autor

Wróbel K.

autor

Wesołowski T.

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