The method of IMT boundary tracking in ultrasonic image of carotid / 中国医学装备

ABSTRACT

Objective:Give a method for tracing boundary of inner-medium membrane in the ultrasonic image of common carotid artery.Methods: Giving a cost function before the programme begins to search the pixel point set whose cost function have the minimum value. The searching process starts from an initial anchor point given by the precedent programme. The calculation of cost function on each pixel point column on both sides of the initial anchor point will not stop until the terminal conditions are fulfilled. The programme will record the coordinates and pixel values of all the points with the minimum cost function value obtained from the calculation.Results: It can trace the boundary of inner-medium membrane in the CCA image from a clinical exam and can export the processed image with highlighted area. There is a daemon that records the coordinates and pixel values of the point set.Conclusion: This method can trace the boundary of inner-medium membrane in the CCA ultrasonic image when the CCA image is distinct.