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Long-term Analysis of Ultrasound Video Sequences Using Interest Point Detectors
Zukal, Martin ; Závodná, Eva (referee) ; Papež,, Václav (referee) ; Říha, Kamil (advisor)
This doctoral thesis deals with the analysis of ultrasound (US) video sequences. It specifically focuses on long-term tracking of the common carotid artery (CCA) in transversal section and measurement of its geometric parameters in a sequence of US images. The design and implementation of a system for automatic tracking of the artery is described in this thesis. The proposed system utilizes Viola-Jones detector and Hough transform to localize the artery in the image. Interest points are detected in the area of the artery wall. These points are then tracked using optical flow. The proposed system comprises a number of innovative methods which allow to perform accurate long-term measurement of parameters of CCA and store the results. A novel mathematical model describing the movement of CCA in transversal section during a cardiac cycle is defined afterwards taking the influence of breathing into consideration. A number of artificial sequences of US images based on this model have been created. These sequences were consequently used to evaluate the accuracy of the proposed system in terms of measuring the parameters of CCA. The sequences are unique because of their length which makes them suitable for evaluation of tracking accuracy even in long video sequences.
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The Segmentation of Ultrasound Images for Artery Wall Detection and Intima-Media Thickness Measurement
Beneš, Radek ; Chromý,, Erik (referee) ; Dostál, Otto (referee) ; Říha, Kamil (advisor)
The thesis focuses on the measurement of intima media thickness, which seems to be a significant marker of the risk of cardiovascular events. Intima media thickness is measured in ultrasound image displaying the common carotid artery in its longitudinal section. In the longitudinal section the intima and media layers are visible. Thesis is discussing both technical and medical background and summarizes state of the art in this field. The main part of the thesis describes the novel automatic system for measurement of intima media thickness. Proposed system includes also robust method for artery localization and therefore is able to process raw B-mode data from ultrasound station without any initialization or manual preprocessing.
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Long-term Analysis of Ultrasound Video Sequences Using Interest Point Detectors
Zukal, Martin ; Závodná, Eva (referee) ; Papež,, Václav (referee) ; Říha, Kamil (advisor)
This doctoral thesis deals with the analysis of ultrasound (US) video sequences. It specifically focuses on long-term tracking of the common carotid artery (CCA) in transversal section and measurement of its geometric parameters in a sequence of US images. The design and implementation of a system for automatic tracking of the artery is described in this thesis. The proposed system utilizes Viola-Jones detector and Hough transform to localize the artery in the image. Interest points are detected in the area of the artery wall. These points are then tracked using optical flow. The proposed system comprises a number of innovative methods which allow to perform accurate long-term measurement of parameters of CCA and store the results. A novel mathematical model describing the movement of CCA in transversal section during a cardiac cycle is defined afterwards taking the influence of breathing into consideration. A number of artificial sequences of US images based on this model have been created. These sequences were consequently used to evaluate the accuracy of the proposed system in terms of measuring the parameters of CCA. The sequences are unique because of their length which makes them suitable for evaluation of tracking accuracy even in long video sequences.
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The Segmentation of Ultrasound Images for Artery Wall Detection and Intima-Media Thickness Measurement
Beneš, Radek ; Chromý,, Erik (referee) ; Dostál, Otto (referee) ; Říha, Kamil (advisor)
The thesis focuses on the measurement of intima media thickness, which seems to be a significant marker of the risk of cardiovascular events. Intima media thickness is measured in ultrasound image displaying the common carotid artery in its longitudinal section. In the longitudinal section the intima and media layers are visible. Thesis is discussing both technical and medical background and summarizes state of the art in this field. The main part of the thesis describes the novel automatic system for measurement of intima media thickness. Proposed system includes also robust method for artery localization and therefore is able to process raw B-mode data from ultrasound station without any initialization or manual preprocessing.
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