Fast and Fully Automatic 3-D Echocardiographic Segmentation Using B-Spline Explicit Active Surfaces: Feasibility Study and Validation in a Clinical Setting

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-101

  Barbosa, Daniel ^a,b   Dietenbeck, Thomas ^b   Heyde, Brecht ^a   Houle, Helene ^c   Friboulet, Denis ^b   D'hooge, Jan ^a   Bernard, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Siemens Ultrasound   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D echocardiography; Active contours; B splines; Image segmentation; LV volume analysis

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTERPOLATION; SHIP PROPELLERS;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; ACTIVE SURFACES; AUTOMATIC INITIALIZATION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; B SPLINES; B-SPLINE; CLINICAL ROUTINE; CLINICAL SETTINGS; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTATIONAL SPEED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LV VOLUME; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDITY;

EID: 84870341707     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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