基于超声序列图像的颈动脉内中膜研究-study on carotid artery intima-media based on ultrasound sequence images.docxVIP

Abstractframe image, there may be evolution errors. Optical flow field represents the instant velocity vector of every point in the image, which can be used to predict the initial contour for active contour model. The usage of optical flow field eliminates humanerror，and makes the algorithm more robust.(3) Extracting the characteristic parameters of carotid artery for further analysis with clinical knowledge. Both carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and texture characteristic parameters are extracted in this study. Although in the segmentation procedure, we don’t make use of texture information, they are of great significance. Different texture reveals different composition of carotid intima-media complex, which means different probability of causing CVD. Moreover, an analysis of CIMT periodic variation with respect to cardiac cycle has been made combined with electrocardiogram; this gives a more accurate understanding about CIMT. The elastic property, strain and strain rate can be calculated from the CIMT’s periodic variation.As mentioned, we improve the segmentation algorithm of ultrasonic sequential carotid images in this paper, and propose a new active contour model based on optical flow predicting initial contour. The experiment result shows that the improvedalgorithm can extract the precise CIMT，and it could be used as supplementaryinformation in the diagnosis of carotid artery for early preventative treatment.Key Words：carotid，CIMT，ultrasound，image segmentation，sequential images， optical flow，active contour modelIV图表目录图 1.1 血管造影 ...................................................................................................3图 1.2 彩色多普勒超声成像 ...............................................................................4图 2.1 颈动脉解剖图 ...........................................................................................6图 2.2 颈动脉超声成像图 ...................................................................................9图 3.1 主动轮廓模型示意图 ..........