Left ventricular segmentation in MR using hierarchical multi-class multi-feature fuzzy connectedness

Amol Pednekar, Uday Kurkure, Raja Muthupillai, Scott Flamm, Ioannis A. Kakadiaris

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)402-410
Number of pages9
JournalLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume3216
Issue numberPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
EventMedical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2004 - 7th International Conference, Proceedings - Saint-Malo, France
Duration: Sep 26 2004Sep 29 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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