A Variational Approach for the Segmentation of the Left Ventricle in Cardiac Image Analysis

作者:Nikos Paragios

摘要

In this paper we propose a level set method to segment MR cardiac images. Our approach is based on a coupled propagation of two cardiac contours and integrates visual information with anatomical constraints. The visual information is expressed through a gradient vector flow-based boundary component and a region term that aims at best separating the cardiac contours/regions according to their global intensity properties. In order to deal with misleading visual support, an anatomical constraint is considered that couples the propagation of the cardiac contours according to their relative distance. The resulting motion equations are implemented using a level set approach and a fast and stable numerical approximation scheme, the Additive Operator Splitting. Encouraging experimental results are provided using real data.

论文关键词:left ventricle, medical image segmentation, gradient vector flow, geodesic active regions, level set methods

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论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020882509893