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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2018.12.3.435

A Study on the Implementation of Ultrasonic Guidance Algorithm for Improving Safety of Ultrasonic Varicose Vein Treatment  

Kim, Seong-Cheol (School of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Kim, Ju-Young (School of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Noh, Si-Cheol (Department of Radiological Science, International University of Korea)
Choi, Heung-Ho (School of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.12, no.3, 2018 , pp. 435-441 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we performed to design an image guiding algorithm to improve the efficiency and safety of treatment of varicose vein by focused ultrasound. The algorithm was suggested by different guiding images according to the location of varicose veins. In the case of deep-seated varicose veins, the target area was marked on the surface of the blood vessel in the obtained cross-sectional blood vessel ultrasound image. In the case of the superficial varicose vein, A guiding system based on image segmentation algorithm of the vascular region was suggested and designed two different algorithms according to varicose veins progression degree. as a results, the algorithm based on ultrasound image show a small error with $830{\mu}m$ at maximum. However, the algorithm based on charge coupled device image has a maximum error of 8.3 mm in some data. Therefore, it is expected that additional study is needed for superficial varicose vein image guiding algorithm, and it is expected that the accuracy of blood vessel tracking should be evaluated by constructing simple system.
Keywords
Varicose-veins; Focused Ultrasound; Image-guided; Vein Detection;
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