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Risk diagnosis based on diameter of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Issue title: Papers from the 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB2015), 18-21 August 2015, Shanghai, China ``New Paradigms for Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology''

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Jeong, Jin-Hyounga | Kim, Jun-Taea | Kim, Nam-Sunb | Cho, Jae-Hyuna | Kim, Ju-Heea | Oh, Ji-Yea | Jang, Jee-Hunc | Lee, Sang-Sika; *

Affiliations: [a] Department of Biomedical Engineering, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung, Korea | [b] Department of Nursing, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung, Korea | [c] Department of Sport and Leisure Studies, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung, Korea

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Sang-Sik Lee, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung, Korea. Tel.: +82 33 649 7624; E-mail:[email protected]

Keywords: Abdominal aortic diameter, CT, Sobel, Top-hat, risk

DOI: 10.3233/THC-161183

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 24, no. s2, pp. S569-S575, 2016

Published: 13 June 2016
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Abstract

An abdominal aortic aneurysm doesn't result in specific symptoms, and so providing a successful diagnosis can be challenging. Patients may require surgery for successful treatment, with the risk of aortic rupture being dependent on diameter. In this study, a CT screen of a patient with an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta was processed. In order to provide a more accurate and comfortable diagnosis, and to more easily determine the diameter of the abdominal aortic aneurysm, the Sobel and Top-hat methods were employed. Using a filtered screen overlap for the CT scan, the aortic diameter of a patient could be compared with the diameter of a healthy individual, thus allowing an immediate and accurate comparison. It was found that with a diameter of more than 40 mm the risk of rupture is higher.

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