Innovative Tool for Automatic Detection of Arterial Stenosis on Cone Beam Computed Tomography

Arterial stenosis is one of the main vascular diseases that are treated with minimally invasive surgery approaches. The aim of this study was to provide a tool to support the medical doctor in planning endovascular surgery, allowing the rapid detection of stenotic vessels and the quantification of t...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 805
Main Authors Simoni, Agnese, Barcali, Eleonora, Lorenzetto, Cosimo, Tiribilli, Eleonora, Rastrelli, Vieri, Manetti, Leonardo, Nardi, Cosimo, Iadanza, Ernesto, Bocchi, Leonardo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2023
Subjects
3-D printers
Algorithms
Bones
Cardiovascular system
Computed tomography
cone beam computed tomography
Laparoscopy
Occlusion
Representations
segmentation
Software
Stenosis
Surgeons
Surgery
Tomography
Vascular diseases
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Summary:Arterial stenosis is one of the main vascular diseases that are treated with minimally invasive surgery approaches. The aim of this study was to provide a tool to support the medical doctor in planning endovascular surgery, allowing the rapid detection of stenotic vessels and the quantification of the stenosis. Skeletonization was used to improve vessels’ visualization. The distance transform was used to obtain a linear representation of the diameter of critical vessels selected by the user. The system also provides an estimate of the exact distance between landmarks on the vascular tree and the occlusion, important information that can be used in the planning of the surgery. The advantage of the proposed tool is to lead the examination on the linear representation of the chosen vessels that are free from tortuous vascular courses and from vessel crossings.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app13020805