TY - GEN
T1 - Imaging and analysis of angiogenesis for skin transplantation by microangiography
AU - Condurache, A. P.
AU - Aach, T.
AU - Grzybowski, S.
AU - Machens, H. G.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The success of skin transplantations depends on a proper revascularization of the transplanted tissue. Angiogenesis (vessel growth) in the transplanted dermal matrices can be stimulated by administering different drugs. To evaluate the effectiveness of different drug treatments in an experimental setting using laboratory animals, vessels in transplant samples are visualized by so-called micro-angiograms, i.e., X-ray images after contrast agent injection. We describe a framework for the acquisition of such micro-angiograms as well as for the subsequent semi-automatic analysis of angiogenesis. Central to our analysis is the segmentation of small fasciocutaneous vessels in the transplant sample.
AB - The success of skin transplantations depends on a proper revascularization of the transplanted tissue. Angiogenesis (vessel growth) in the transplanted dermal matrices can be stimulated by administering different drugs. To evaluate the effectiveness of different drug treatments in an experimental setting using laboratory animals, vessels in transplant samples are visualized by so-called micro-angiograms, i.e., X-ray images after contrast agent injection. We describe a framework for the acquisition of such micro-angiograms as well as for the subsequent semi-automatic analysis of angiogenesis. Central to our analysis is the segmentation of small fasciocutaneous vessels in the transplant sample.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33749609714&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICIP.2005.1530289
DO - 10.1109/ICIP.2005.1530289
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33749609714
SN - 0780391349
SN - 9780780391345
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
SP - 1250
EP - 1253
BT - IEEE International Conference on Image Processing 2005, ICIP 2005
T2 - IEEE International Conference on Image Processing 2005, ICIP 2005
Y2 - 11 September 2005 through 14 September 2005
ER -