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Segmentation of the left ventricle of the heart in 3-D+t MRI data using an optimized nonrigid temporal model

Lynch, Michael, Ghita, Ovidiu and Whelan, Paul F. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9230-7656 (2008) Segmentation of the left ventricle of the heart in 3-D+t MRI data using an optimized nonrigid temporal model. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 27 (2). pp. 195-203. ISSN 0278-0062

Abstract
Modern medical imaging modalities provide large amounts of information in both the spatial and temporal domains and the incorporation of this information in a coherent algorithmic framework is a significant challenge. In this paper, we present a novel and intuitive approach to combine 3-D spatial and temporal (3-D + time) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data in an integrated segmentation algorithm to extract the myocardium of the left ventricle. A novel level-set segmentation process is developed that simultaneously delineates and tracks the boundaries of the left ventricle muscle. By encoding prior knowledge about cardiac temporal evolution in a parametric framework, an expectation-maximization algorithm optimally tracks the myocardial deformation over the cardiac cycle. The expectation step deforms the level-set function while the maximization step updates the prior temporal model parameters to perform the segmentation in a nonrigid sense.
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:computer vision; image analysis; biomedical MRI; cardiology; image segmentation; medical image processing;
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering (RINCE)
Publisher:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2007.904681
Copyright Information:©2008 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.
ID Code:15599
Deposited On:04 Aug 2010 12:51 by DORAS Administrator . Last Modified 16 Jan 2019 12:02
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