Abstract
In this paper, we present a new method for data-driven automatic extraction of endocardial and epicardial contours of the left ventricle in cine bFFE MR images. Our method employs a hierarchical, multi-class, multi-feature fuzzy connectedness framework for image segmentation. This framework combines image intensity and texture information with anatomical shape, while preserving the topological relationship within and between the interrelated anatomical structures. We have applied this method on cine bFFE MR data from eight asymptomatic and twelve symptomatic volunteers with very encouraging qualitative and quantitative results.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 402-410 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
Volume | 3216 |
Issue number | PART 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2004 |
Event | Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2004 - 7th International Conference, Proceedings - Saint-Malo, France Duration: Sep 26 2004 → Sep 29 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Computer Science(all)