LV motion tracking from 3D echocardiography using textural and structural information

Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2007;10(Pt 2):428-35. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-75759-7_52.

Abstract

Automated motion reconstruction of the left ventricle (LV) from 3D echocardiography provides insight into myocardium architecture and function. Low image quality and artifacts make 3D ultrasound image processing a challenging problem. We introduce a LV tracking method, which combines textural and structural information to overcome the image quality limitations. Our method automatically reconstructs the motion of the LV contour (endocardium and epicardium) from a sequence of 3D ultrasound images.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
  • Image Enhancement / methods
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Movement / physiology*
  • Myocardial Contraction / physiology*
  • Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Swine
  • Ventricular Function*