A novel model-based 3D+ time left ventricular segmentation technique

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 461-474

  O'Brien, Stephen P ^a   Ghita, Ovidiu ^a   Whelan, Paul F ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Active shape model (ASM); ASM optimization; contour coupling; spatio temporal left ventricle dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SHAPE MODEL; ART MODEL; ART WORK; ASM OPTIMIZATION; CARDIAC MRI; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; CONTOUR COUPLING; COUPLING TECHNIQUES; CURSE OF DIMENSIONALITY; DATA SETS; LEFT VENTRICLES; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LOCAL MINIMUMS; MODEL-BASED; MODEL-BASED SEGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SEGMENTATION ACCURACY; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; TOPDOWN; TRAINING REQUIREMENT; TRAINING SETS;

OPTIMIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEART; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 79551600148     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2086465     Document Type: Article

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