A New Approach for Improving Coronary Plaque Component Analysis Based on Intravascular Ultrasound Images

Arash Taki (1) , Holger Hetterich (2) , Alireza Roodaki (3) , S.-K. Setarehdan (4) , Gozde Unal (5) , Johannes Rieber (2) , Nassir Navab (1) , Andreas Konig (2)

1 CAMPAR - Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality
2 Klinikum - Department of Cardiology
3 E3S - Supélec Sciences des Systèmes
4 CIPCE - Control and Intelligent Processing Center of Excellence - University of Tehran
5 Sabanci University - Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Keywords: IVUS; Plaque component analysis; Shadow region; Longitudinal resolution; Virtual histology

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Image Processing [eess.IV]; Computer Science [cs]; Medical Imaging; Computer Science [cs]; Signal and Image Processing; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Bioengineering; Engineering Sciences [physics]; Signal and Image processing

Arash Taki, Holger Hetterich, Alireza Roodaki, S.-K. Setarehdan, Gozde Unal, et al.. A New Approach for Improving Coronary Plaque Component Analysis Based on Intravascular Ultrasound Images. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 2010, 36 (8), pp.1245-1258. ⟨10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.05.009⟩. ⟨hal-00516264⟩