Guide-wire extraction through perceptual organization of local segments in fluoroscopic images

Nicolas Honnorat, Régis Vaillant, Nikos Paragios

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Abstract

Segmentation of surgical devices in fluoroscopic images and in particular of guide-wires is a valuable element during surgery. In cardiac angioplasty, the problem is particularly challenging due to the following reasons: (i) low signal to noise ratio, (ii) the use of 2D images that accumulate information from the whole volume, and (iii) the similarity between the structure of interest and adjacent anatomical structures. In this paper we propose a novel approach to address these challenges, that combines efficiently low-level detection using machine learning techniques, local unsupervised clustering detections and finally high-level perceptual organization of these segments towards its complete reconstruction. The latter handles miss-detections and is based on a local search algorithm. Very promising results were obtained.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI2010 - 13th International Conference, Proceedings
Pages440-448
Number of pages9
EditionPART 3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2010 - Beijing, China
Duration: Sep 20 2010Sep 24 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 3
Volume6363 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period9/20/109/24/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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