Histogram-based standardization of intravascular optical coherence tomography images acquired from different imaging systems

被引:2
作者
Liu, Shengnan [1 ]
Dzyubachyk, Oleh [1 ]
Eggermont, Jeroen [1 ]
Nakatani, Shimpei [2 ]
Lelieveldt, Boudewijn P. F. [1 ,3 ]
Dijkstra, Jouke [1 ]
机构
[1] Leiden Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Radiol, Div Imaging Proc, NL-2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands
[2] Sakurabashi Watanabe Hosp, Div Cardiol, Osaka 5300001, Japan
[3] Delft Univ Technol, Intelligent Syst Dept, NL-2628 CD Delft, Netherlands
关键词
histogram specification; image intensity; intensity standardization; intravascular optical coherence tomography (IVOCT); ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL-APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL NORMALIZATION; SPECIFICATION; VULNERABILITY; TERMINOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ACQUISITION; DOCUMENT;
D O I
10.1002/mp.13103
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
PurposeIntravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) is widely used for analysis of the coronary artery disease. Its high spatial resolution allows for visualization of arterial tissue components in detail. There are different OCT systems on the market, each of which produces data characterized by its own intensity range and distribution. These differences should be taken into account for the development of image processing algorithms. In order to overcome this difference in the intensity range and distribution, we developed a framework for matching intensities based on the exact histogram matching technique. MethodsIn our method, the key step for using the exact histogram matching is to determine the target histogram. For this, we proposed two schemes: a global scheme that uses a single histogram as the target histogram for all the pullbacks, and a local scheme that selects for each single image a target histogram from a predefined database. These two schemes are compared on a unique dataset containing pairs of pullbacks that were acquired shortly after each other with systems from two vendors, St. Jude and Terumo. Pullbacks were aligned according to anatomical landmarks, and a database of matched histogram pairs was created. A leave-one-out cross validation was used to compare performance of the two schemes. The matching accuracy was evaluated by comparing: (a) histograms using Euclidean (d(x2)) and Kolmogorov-Smirnov (d(KS)) distances, and (b) median intensity level within anatomical regions of interest. ResultsLeave-one-out validation indicated that both matching schemes yield comparably high accuracies across the entire validation dataset. The local scheme outperforms the global scheme with marginally lower dissimilarities at both histogram level and intensity level. High visual similarity was observed when comparing the matched images to their aligned counterparts. ConclusionBoth local and global schemes are robust and produce accurate intensity matching. While local scheme performs marginally better than the global scheme, it requires a predefined histogram dataset and is more time consuming. Thus, for offline standardization of the images, the local scheme should be preferred for being more accurate. For online standardization or when another system is involved, the global scheme can be used as a simple and nearly-as-accurate alternative.
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页码:4158 / 4170
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