Segmentation of coronary artery using graph cut technique

Authors

  • A. Niranjan   Assistant Professor, SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu , India

Keywords:

segmentation, coronary artery, centerline, coronary angiography

Abstract

Accurate segmentation of coronary artery is very essential in order to find the depth of arterial disease. In this paper we propose an accurate automatic algorithm based on graph cut technique for the segmentation of coronary artery. To achieve the optimal segmentation vesselness measure, geodesic path and edge extraction technique are combined with graph cut technique.we evaluate the proposed method on the public images from coronary artery stenoses detection. The experimental results prove that segmentation results of the proposed method perform well with respect to centerline extraction and vessel border detection.

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Published

2018-03-23

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Research Articles

How to Cite

[1]
A. Niranjan "Segmentation of coronary artery using graph cut technique" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp.20-23, March-April-2018.