TY - JOUR
T1 - Fully automatic computation of the shape of a micro-catheter
AU - Bruijns, J.
AU - Peters, Frans J.
AU - Berretty, R.P.M.
AU - van Overveld, C.W.A.M.
AU - ter Haar Romeny, B.M.
PY - 2005/5
Y1 - 2005/5
N2 - Volume representations of blood vessels acquired by 3D rotational angiography are very suitable for diagnosing an aneurysm. If the aneurysm volume is known, a physician may fill an aneurysm via a catheter. To guide this catheter, a micro-catheter, selected and pre-molded for easy entry into the aneurysm, is moved through the vessels. We developed a method to compute the corridor through the vessels and from this corridor the shape of the micro-catheter. This method has been tested on 28 clinical volume data-sets.
AB - Volume representations of blood vessels acquired by 3D rotational angiography are very suitable for diagnosing an aneurysm. If the aneurysm volume is known, a physician may fill an aneurysm via a catheter. To guide this catheter, a micro-catheter, selected and pre-molded for easy entry into the aneurysm, is moved through the vessels. We developed a method to compute the corridor through the vessels and from this corridor the shape of the micro-catheter. This method has been tested on 28 clinical volume data-sets.
KW - 3D rotational angiography
KW - Computer assisted therapy planning
KW - Shape extraction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ics.2005.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ics.2005.03.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33646441065
SN - 0531-5131
VL - 1281
SP - 401
EP - 406
JO - International Congress Series
JF - International Congress Series
ER -