Vessel diameter measurement using digital subtraction radiography.
A method for obtaining absolute diameter and cross-sectional area measurements on subtraction digital images is described and tested in phantom vessels from 1.5 to 5.5 mm in diameter filled with iodine contrast at concentrations from 23 to 185 mg I/ml. A highly linear correlation of true vs. calculated diameter is demonstrated, with accuracy and reproducibility of the method varying from +/- 1% to 2% at the highest iodine concentration to +/- 30% in the smallest tube at the lowest concentration. A method is described for correction of the observed video density values to allow for nonlinearity of response of the imaging system to iodine density, and its effect on the measured diameters is demonstrated.
D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008961:Models, Structural; D013382:Subtraction Technique