Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 7, 0715001(2019)

Corner Detection-Based Segmentation Algorithm of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Strut Contours

Linlin Yao1,2、**, Qinhua Jin3, Jing Jing3, Yundai Chen3, Yihui Cao1, Jianan Li1, and Rui Zhu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1 State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710119, China
  • 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3 Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
  • show less

    According to the prior knowledge about obvious quadrilateral feature of bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) struts in an intravascular optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) image, this study proposes a novel algorithm based on four corners of BVS struts to automatically obtain their contours in the IVOCT imaging system. It solves the problem that dynamic programming (DP) algorithm, which is a contour-based algorithm, is not sufficiently accurate because of the in uence of the fractures inside the struts and blood artifacts around the struts. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm achieves an average Dice's coefficient of 0.88 for the strut segmentation areas, which is increased by approximately 0.08 compared to the result obtained by the DP algorithm. This algorithm can accurately and robustly segment BVS struts in the IVOCT image, and thus it can better assist doctors in the automatic strut malapposition analysis in clinical applications.

    Tools

    Get Citation

    Copy Citation Text

    Linlin Yao, Qinhua Jin, Jing Jing, Yundai Chen, Yihui Cao, Jianan Li, Rui Zhu. Corner Detection-Based Segmentation Algorithm of Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Strut Contours[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(7): 0715001

    Download Citation

    EndNote(RIS)BibTexPlain Text
    Save article for my favorites
    Paper Information

    Category: Machine Vision

    Received: Jan. 15, 2019

    Accepted: Mar. 21, 2019

    Published Online: Jul. 16, 2019

    The Author Email: Yao Linlin (yaolinlin16@mails.ucas.ac.cn), Zhu Rui (rzhu@vivo?light.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS201939.0715001

    Topics