Non-invasive assessment of arterial distension waveforms using gradient-based Hough transform and power Doppler ultrasound imaging

The peripheral arterial vessel often appears as an elliptic shape under the constraints of the surrounding tissues. In this study, the gradient-based Hough transform was used to detect the central location of the ellipse and the lumen area of the arterial vessel non-invasively using power Doppler im...

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Published in:Medical & biological engineering & computing 2001-11, Vol.39 (6), p.627-632
Main Authors: WU, S.-M, SHAU, Y.-W, CHONG, F.-C, HSIEH, F.-J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Arteries - diagnostic imaging
Arteries - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology
Constraint theory
Doppler effect
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hemodynamics. Rheology
Hough transforms
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods
Male
Pulsatile Flow
Tissue
Ultrasonic imaging
Ultrasonography, Doppler - methods
Veins & arteries
Vertebrates: cardiovascular system
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Summary:The peripheral arterial vessel often appears as an elliptic shape under the constraints of the surrounding tissues. In this study, the gradient-based Hough transform was used to detect the central location of the ellipse and the lumen area of the arterial vessel non-invasively using power Doppler imaging. Sequential ultrasound images were used to construct arterial distension waveforms in both the major- and minor-axis directions for a few cardiac cycles. The common carotid arteries (CCAs) for nine healthy male volunteers (mean age 24 years), in the sitting position, were investigated in vivo. The CCAs (n = 9) had a mean diameter of 5.83mm, and the pulsatile diameter distension was 13.7+/-1.9%. The brachial artery and dorsalis pedis artery for five healthy male volunteers (mean age 26 years), in the supine position, had mean diameters of 4.03mm and 2.83mm and distensions of 16.7+/-4.6% and 15.5+/-5.4%, respectively. The movement of the arterial centre location during the cardiac cycle reflected the asymmetry of the reaction forces produced by the surrounding soft tissues. The present method can obtain the response of vessel distension to pulse pressure, as well as the constrained conditions of the arteries.
ISSN:0140-0118
1741-0444
DOI:10.1007/BF02345433