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ArticleComputational intelligence and neuroscience2022

U-DAVIS-Deep Learning Based Arm Venous Image Segmentation Technique for Venipuncture.

Avik Kuthiala, Naman Tuli, Harpreet Singh, Omer F Boyraz, Neeru Jindal, Ravimohan Mavuduru, Smita Pattanaik, Prashant Singh Rana

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Article in Computational intelligence and neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Avik KuthialaThapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147001, India.
Naman TuliThapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147001, India.
Harpreet SinghThapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147001, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2365-538X
Omer F BoyrazResearch and Development Centre, Gebze, Kocaeli 41400, Turkey.
Neeru JindalThapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147001, India.
Ravimohan MavuduruPostgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Smita PattanaikPostgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Prashant Singh RanaThapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 147001, India.
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology · INPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · INGebze Technical University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arm Venous Segmentation plays a crucial role in smart venipuncture. The difficulties faced in locating veins for intravenous procedures can be diminished using computer vision for vein imaging. To facilitate this, a high-resolution dataset consisting of arm images was curated and has been presented in this study. Leveraging the ability of Near Infrared Imaging to easily detect veins, ambient lighting conditions were created inside a small enclosure to capture the images. The acquired images were annotated to create the corresponding masks for the dataset. To extend the scope and assert the usability of the dataset, the images, and corresponding masks were used to train an image segmentation model. In addition to using basic preprocessing and image augmentation based techniques, a U-Net based algorithmic architecture has been used to facilitate the task of segmentation. Subsequently, the results of performing image segmentation after applying the preprocessing methods have been compared using various evaluation metrics and have been visualised in the study. Furthermore, the possible applications of the presented dataset have been investigated in the study.

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Deep LearningArmImage Processing, Computer-AssistedPhlebotomy

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PMID36238666
PMCPMC9553422
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