An automatic generation technique of 3D vessels model from angiograms

초록

We present a method to automatically generate 3D vessels model from angiograms. The modeling method consists of two steps; (1) automatically selecting two sets of corresponding feature points between general and individual vessels, and (2) warping with corresponding control points: The final algorithm is formulated as an energy minimization problem that we solve using dynamic programming optimization. Accurate descriptions of 3D vessels model would be useful for quantitative diagnosis of atherosclerosis, for surgical or treatment planning, for monitoring disease progress or remission, and for comparing efficacies of treatments.