The invention discloses a main carotid
artery blood vessel extraction and thickness measuring method based on neck
ultrasound images. The method comprises the following specific steps of: reading neck
ultrasound three-dimensional body data, and marking a main carotid
artery axis based on a main carotid
artery branching node; sequentially projecting and segmenting the neck
ultrasound three-dimensional data in the three-view drawing direction to obtain two-dimensional cross section,
coronal plane and
vertical plane sequence images; and preprocessing, dividing and reconstructing the two-dimensional cross section,
coronal plane and
vertical plane sequence images or counting the thickness of intima-media membrane to obtain the final
relevant information of internal and external profiles of the neck ultrasound main carotid artery
blood vessel wall and the thickness of the
blood vessel wall. By the method, the defects that the calculating complexity in the blood vessel dividing method is high, the thickness of the blood vessel wall cannot be accurately measured and an error is likely to be caused by subjective factors during computer-
aided diagnosis are overcome, and the internal and external profiles of the neck ultrasound main carotid artery blood vessel wall and the thickness of the blood vessel wall can be completely, rapidly and accurately obtained. In comparison with the manual dividing method, the method is rapid in operation, and can be used for auxiliary diagnosis and prevention and treatment of neck atherosclerosis and cardiovascular
disease.