System and Method for Vessel Segmentation
AssigneesCarnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
InventorsTejas Sudharshan Mathai, John Galeotti, Vijay Saradhi Gorantla
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Abstract
Provided is a system, method, and computer program product for segmenting vessels in an ultrasound image. The method includes detecting edges of a vessel in the ultrasound image; detecting a vessel contour of the vessel in the ultrasound image based on the detected edges and a distance regularized level set evolution; and tracking the vessel contour with a Kalman Filter.
Claims22
A method for segmenting vessels in an ultrasound image, comprising:
- detecting, with at least one computing device, edges of a vessel in the ultrasound image;
- detecting, with at least one computing device, a vessel contour of the vessel in the ultrasound image based on the detected edges and a distance regularized level set evolution;
- and
- tracking, with at least one computing device, the vessel contour with a Kalman Filter.
A system for segmenting vessels in an ultrasound image, comprising a computing device programmed or configured to:
- detect edges of a vessel in the ultrasound image;
- detect a vessel contour of the vessel in the ultrasound image based on the detected edges and a distance regularized level set evolution;
- and
- track the vessel contour with a Kalman Filter.
A computer program product for segmenting ultrasound images, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- detect edges of a vessel in the ultrasound image;
- detect a vessel contour of the vessel in the ultrasound image based on the detected edges and a distance regularized level set evolution;
- and
- track the vessel contour with a Kalman Filter.
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