Automatic analysis of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in intravascular optical coherence tomography images.

The bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) is a new generation of bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) for the treatment of coronary artery disease. A potential challenge of BVS is malapposition, which may possibly lead to late stent thrombosis. It is therefore important to conduct malapposition analysis right after stenting.

Automatic Side Branch Ostium Detection and Main Vascular Segmentation in Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Images.

Intravascular optical coherence tomography is the state-of-the-art imaging modality in percutaneous coronary intervention planning and evaluation, in which side branch ostium and main vascular measurements play critical roles. However, manual measurement is time consuming and labor intensive. In this paper, we propose a fully automatic method for side branch ostium detection and main vascular segmentation to make up manual deficiency.

Automatic Lumen Segmentation in Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Images Using Level Set.

Automatic lumen segmentation from intravascular optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) images is an important and fundamental work for diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease. However, it is a very challenging task due to irregular lumen caused by unstable plaque and bifurcation vessel, guide wire shadow, and blood artifacts. To address these problems, this paper presents a novel automatic level set based segmentation algorithm which is very competent for irregular lumen challenge.

An improved schlieren method for measurement and automatic reconstruction of the far-field focal spot.

The schlieren method of measuring far-field focal spots offers many advantages at the Shenguang III laser facility such as low cost and automatic laser-path collimation. However, current methods of far-field focal spot measurement often suffer from low precision and efficiency when the final focal spot is merged manually, thereby reducing the accuracy of reconstruction. In this paper, we introduce an improved schlieren method to construct the high dynamic-range image of far-field focal spots and improve the reconstruction accuracy and efficiency.

Design of short wave infrared imaging spectrometer system based on CDP.

A compact static infrared snapshot imaging spectrometer (ISIS) is designed in order to satisfy the application requirements of real-time spectral imaging for the moving targets. It consists of a CDP (crossed dispersion prism), an imaging lens, and a detector. Here we describe the spectral imaging principle, and design a short wave infrared imaging spectrometer with 4.