Comparison of B-mode, M-mode and Hough transform methods for measurement of arterial diastolic and systolic diameters

Golemati, S; Stoitsis, J; Balkizas, T; Nikita, KS

dc.contributor.author	Golemati, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Stoitsis, J	en
dc.contributor.author	Balkizas, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Nikita, KS	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:43:10Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:43:10Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.issn	05891019	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/31273
dc.subject	Arterial diameter	en
dc.subject	B-mode ultrasound	en
dc.subject	Hough transform	en
dc.subject	M-mode ultrasound	en
dc.subject.other	Diseases	en
dc.subject.other	Hough transforms	en
dc.subject.other	Mechanical properties	en
dc.subject.other	Medical imaging	en
dc.subject.other	Systolic arrays	en
dc.subject.other	Arterial diastolic	en
dc.subject.other	B-mode ultrasound	en
dc.subject.other	M-mode ultrasound	en
dc.subject.other	Systolic diameters	en
dc.subject.other	Ultrasound images	en
dc.subject.other	Cardiology	en
dc.title	Comparison of B-mode, M-mode and Hough transform methods for measurement of arterial diastolic and systolic diameters	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616786	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616786	en
heal.identifier.secondary	1616786	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	Measurements of arterial diameter during the cardiac cycle are increasingly used to study the mechanical properties of the arterial wall and changes associated with disease. In this paper, diastolic and systolic diameters of the carotid arteries were estimated from ultrasound imaging using the following three different procedures: a/B-mode imaging with region tracking and block-matching, b/M-mode imaging with automated edge detection and c/automatic segmentation of the arterial lumen at diastole and systole using the Hough transform. Transverse images of the carotid artery were used, in which the arterial lumen has an almost circular appearance. The values for systolic and diastolic diameters estimated with the Hough transform, 0.69±0.04 and 0.61±0.06, respectively, were closer to those estimated with B-mode and motion tracking, 0.75±0.07 and 0.67±0.09. A large difference was found for a subject with an atherosclerotic vessel wall. It is concluded that the Hough transform can be efficiently used to automatically segment healthy arterial wall lumen from B-mode ultrasound images of the carotid artery, assuming a circular shape. In atherosclerotic vessel walls the assumption for circular shape may no longer be valid, and thus the use of an elliptical shape may be more appropriate. © 2005 IEEE.	en
heal.journalName	Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616786	en
dc.identifier.volume	7 VOLS	en
dc.identifier.spage	1758	en
dc.identifier.epage	1761	en