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ArticleInternational journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2019

Real-time dual-modal vein imaging system.

Christopher A Mela, David P Lemmer, Forrest Sheng Bao, Francis Papay, Tyler Hicks, Yang Liu

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Article in International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  8. FPGA-Based Two-Dimensional Matched Filter Design for Vein Imaging Systems.IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine · 2021
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Christopher A MelaUniversity of Akron, ASEC 373, 235 Carroll St, Akron, OH, 44325, USA.
David P LemmerUniversity of Akron, ASEC 373, 235 Carroll St, Akron, OH, 44325, USA.
Forrest Sheng BaoIowa State University, 226 Atanasoff Hall, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
Francis PapayCleveland Clinic, A60, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.
Tyler HicksUniversity of Akron, ASEC 373, 235 Carroll St, Akron, OH, 44325, USA.
Yang LiuUniversity of Akron, ASEC 373, 235 Carroll St, Akron, OH, 44325, USA. yliu@uakron.edu.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration NNX14AL37HNational Science Foundation MCB-1616216University of Akron Startup fund
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purposeIn this paper, we present a vein imaging system to combine reflectance mode visible spectrum images (VIS) with transmission mode near-infrared (NIR) images in real time. Clear vessel localization is achieved in this manner with combined NIR-VIS dual-modal imaging.

methodsTransmission and reflectance mode optical instrumentation is used to combine VIS and NIR images. Two methods of displaying the combined images are demonstrated here. We have conducted experiments to determine the system's resolution, alignment accuracy, and depth penetration. Vein counts were taken from the hands of test subjects using the system and compared with vein counts taken by visual analysis.

resultsResults indicate that the system can improve vein detection in the human hand while detecting veins of a diameter < 0.5 mm at any working distance and of a 0.25 mm diameter at an optimal working distance of about 30 cm. The system has also been demonstrated to clearly detect silicone vessels with artificial blood of diameter 2, 1, and 0.5 mm diameter under a tissue depth of 3 mm. In a study involving 25 human subjects, we have demonstrated that vein visibility was significantly increased using our system.

conclusionsThe results indicate that the device is a high-resolution solution to near-surface venous imaging. This technology can be applied for IV placement, morphological analysis for disease state detection, and biometric analysis.

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HumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedOptical ImagingVeinsComputer visionNear-infraredOptical imagingVein detection

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