Image Processing Of Images From Peripheral-Artery Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) Studies

David L. Wilson; Lawrence R. Tarbox; David B. Cist; David D. Faul

doi:10.1117/12.968711

27 June 1988 Image Processing Of Images From Peripheral-Artery Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) Studies

David L. Wilson, Lawrence R. Tarbox, David B. Cist, David D. Faul

Proceedings Volume 0914, Medical Imaging II; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968711
Event: Medical Imaging II, 1988, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

A system is being developed to test the possibility of doing peripheral, digital subtraction angiography (DSA) with a single contrast injection using a moving gantry system. Given repositioning errors that occur between the mask and contrast-containing images, factors affecting the success of subtractions following image registration have been investigated theoretically and experimentally. For a 1 mm gantry displacement, parallax and geometric image distortion (pin-cushion) both give subtraction errors following registration that are approximately 25% of the error resulting from no registration. Image processing techniques improve the subtractions. The geometric distortion effect is reduced using a piece-wise, 8 parameter unwarping method. Plots of image similarity measures versus pixel shift are well behaved and well fit by a parabola, leading to the development of an iterative, automatic registration algorithm that uses parabolic prediction of the new minimum. The registration algorithm converges quickly (less than 1 second on a MicroVAX) and is relatively immune to the region of interest (ROI) selected.

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David L. Wilson, Lawrence R. Tarbox, David B. Cist, and David D. Faul "Image Processing Of Images From Peripheral-Artery Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) Studies", Proc. SPIE 0914, Medical Imaging II, (27 June 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968711

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