TY - JOUR AU - Rim, Yonghoon AU - McPherson, David D. AU - Kim, Hyunggun PY - 2013 DA - 2013/05/07 TI - Volumetric three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound visualization using shape-based nonlinear interpolation JO - BioMedical Engineering OnLine SP - 39 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a standard imaging modality for identification of plaque formation in the coronary and peripheral arteries. Volumetric three-dimensional (3D) IVUS visualization provides a powerful tool to overcome the limited comprehensive information of 2D IVUS in terms of complex spatial distribution of arterial morphology and acoustic backscatter information. Conventional 3D IVUS techniques provide sub-optimal visualization of arterial morphology or lack acoustic information concerning arterial structure due in part to low quality of image data and the use of pixel-based IVUS image reconstruction algorithms. In the present study, we describe a novel volumetric 3D IVUS reconstruction algorithm to utilize IVUS signal data and a shape-based nonlinear interpolation. SN - 1475-925X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-12-39 DO - 10.1186/1475-925X-12-39 ID - Rim2013 ER -