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Computer Vision Techniques for Transcatheter Intervention

Feng Zhao, Mathew Roach, Xianghua Xie Orcid Logo, Matt Roach Orcid Logo

IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine

Swansea University Authors: Xianghua Xie Orcid Logo, Matt Roach Orcid Logo

DOI (Published version): 10.1109/JTEHM.2015.2446988

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Minimally invasive transcatheter technologies have demonstrated substantial promise for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. For example, TAVI is an alternative to AVR for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis and TAFA is widely used for the treatment and cure of atrial fibrilla...

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Published in: IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
Published: 2015
Online Access: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7128336&queryText%3Dswansea+university
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22239
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Abstract: Minimally invasive transcatheter technologies have demonstrated substantial promise for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. For example, TAVI is an alternative to AVR for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis and TAFA is widely used for the treatment and cure of atrial fibrillation. In addition, catheter-based IVUS and OCT imaging of coronary arteries provides important information about the coronary lumen, wall and plaque characteristics. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of these cross-sectional image data will be beneficial for the evaluation and treatment of coronary artery diseases such as atherosclerosis. In all the phases (preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative) during the transcatheter intervention procedure, computer vision techniques (e.g., image segmentation, motion tracking) have been largely applied in the field to accomplish tasks like annulus measurement, valve selection, catheter placement control, and vessel centerline extraction. This provides beneficial guidance for the clinicians in surgical planning, disease diagnosis, and treatment assessment. In this paper, we present a systematical review on these state-of-the-art methods.We aim to give a comprehensive overview for researchers in the area of computer vision on the subject of transcatheter intervention. Research in medical computing is multi-disciplinary due to its nature, and hence it is important to understand the application domain, clinical background, and imaging modality so that methods and quantitative measurements derived from analyzing the imaging data are appropriate and meaningful. We thus provide an overview on background information of transcatheter intervention procedures, as well as a review of the computer vision techniques and methodologies applied in this area.
Keywords: Medical image analysis, transcatheter Intervention, computer vision
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering

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