Fast, accurate, and fully automatic segmentation of the right ventricle in short-axis cardiac MRI

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 190-201

  Ringenberg, Jordan ^a   Deo, Makarand ^b   Devabhaktuni, Vijay ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^c   Boyers, Pamela ^d   Gold, Jeffrey ^d  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

^b NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

A priori constraints; Binary difference of Gaussians filter; Cardiac MRI; Optimal thresholding; Ventricular segmentation

Indexed keywords

A PRIORI CONSTRAINTS; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; CARDIAC MRI; DIFFERENCE OF GAUSSIANS FILTERS; OPTIMAL THRESHOLDING; RIGHT VENTRICLE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FULLY AUTOMATIC RIGHT VENTRICLE SEGMENTATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES;

A PRIORI CONSTRAINTS; BINARY DIFFERENCE OF GAUSSIANS FILTER; CARDIAC MRI; OPTIMAL THRESHOLDING; VENTRICULAR SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84893929553     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: 18790771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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