Evaluation of state-of-the-art segmentation algorithms for left ventricle infarct from late Gadolinium enhancement MR images

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-107

  Karim, Rashed ^a   Bhagirath, Pranav ^b   Claus, Piet ^c   James Housden, R ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a   Karimaghaloo, Zahra ^a   Sohn, Hyon Mok ^d   Lara Rodríguez, Laura ^e   Vera, Sergio ^e   Albà, Xènia ^f   Hennemuth, Anja ^g   Peitgen, Heinz Otto ^g   Arbel, Tal ^d   Gonzàlez Ballester, Miguel A ^e,f,i   Frangi, Alejandro F ^h   Götte, Marco ^b   Razavi, Reza ^a   Schaeffter, Tobias ^a   Rhode, Kawal ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Haga Teaching Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Alma IT Systems   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^g FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algorithm benchmarking; Late gadolinium enhancement; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BENCHMARKING; CARDIOLOGY; GADOLINIUM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PATIENT MONITORING;

CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCES; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; EVALUATION STRATEGIES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; STATE OF THE ART; THRESHOLDING METHODS; VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

GADOLINIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONSENSUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LEARNING ALGORITHM; NONHUMAN; PIG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHM; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84957955386     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: 13618423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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