血管壁高频超声弹性显微成像
Microscopic elasticity imaging of vessel walls based on intravascular ultrasound
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摘要: 利用血管内高频超声(Intravascular Ultrasound,IVUS)成像技术,对IVUS图像灰度值进行换能器偏心校正后,提出基于遗传算法的管壁组织运动分阶叠加光流估计方法获得血管内施压条件下组织微元位移与应变分布,采用弹性重构方法在世界上首次获得了实际血管壁真正意义上的横断面弹性显微图像。由离体猪血管实验结果证实.将血管力学实验研究推进到二维亚毫米微结构层次,有希望为经皮腔内冠状动脉血管成形术(Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty, PTCA)过程监控与治疗评价提供新的技术手段。Abstract: The effect of the transducer eccentricity on grayscales of intravascuair ultrasound (IVUS) images was cor- rected based on the scattering properties of high frequency ultrasound in vessel walls. The displacement and strain distributions of vessel walls produced by tissue microelement motion were obtained using a novel motion estimation method in steps and sum based on the optical flow and genetic algorithm, Furthermore, authors fort time reconstructed "real" elasticity distribution images of cross section tissues of vessel walls in the world. In vitro experimental results of porcine artery demonstrated the methods mentioned above are reasonable. Experimental investigation of vascular mechanics can be advanced to 2D sub-millimeter microstructure levels. These studies have potential to provide new technology means in monitoring and evaluation of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) process.