Segmentation of Tracheal Rings in Videobronchoscopy Combining Geometry and Appearance

Carles Sánchez, Debora Gil, Antoni Rosell, Albert Andaluz, F. Javier Sánchez

2013

Abstract

Videobronchoscopy is a medical imaging technique that allows interactive navigation inside the respiratory pathways and minimal invasive interventions. Tracheal procedures are ordinary interventions that require measurement of the percentage of obstructed pathway for injury (stenosis) assessment. Visual assessment of stenosis in videobronchoscopic sequences requires high expertise of trachea anatomy and is prone to human error. Accurate detection of tracheal rings is the basis for automated estimation of the size of stenosed trachea. Processing of videobronchoscopic images acquired at the operating room is a challenging task due to the wide range of artifacts and acquisition conditions. We present a model of the geometric-appearance of tracheal rings for its detection in videobronchoscopic videos. Experiments on sequences acquired at the operating room, show a performance close to inter-observer variability.

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Sánchez C., Gil D., Rosell A., Andaluz A. and Sánchez F. (2013). Segmentation of Tracheal Rings in Videobronchoscopy Combining Geometry and Appearance . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-47-1, pages 153-161. DOI: 10.5220/0004207401530161


in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp13,
author={Carles Sánchez and Debora Gil and Antoni Rosell and Albert Andaluz and F. Javier Sánchez},
title={Segmentation of Tracheal Rings in Videobronchoscopy Combining Geometry and Appearance},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={153-161},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004207401530161},
isbn={978-989-8565-47-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications - Volume 1: VISAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)
TI - Segmentation of Tracheal Rings in Videobronchoscopy Combining Geometry and Appearance
SN - 978-989-8565-47-1
AU - Sánchez C.
AU - Gil D.
AU - Rosell A.
AU - Andaluz A.
AU - Sánchez F.
PY - 2013
SP - 153
EP - 161
DO - 10.5220/0004207401530161