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We present an approach for segmenting left ventricular endocardial boundaries from RF ultrasound. Segmentation is achieved jointly using an independent identically distributed (i.i.d.) spatial model for RF intensity and a multiframe conditional model. The conditional model relates neighboring frames in the image sequence by means of a computationally efficient linear predictor that exploits spatio-temporal coherence in the data. Segmentation using the RF data overcomes problems due to image inhomogeneities often amplified in B-mode segmentation and provides geometric constraints for RF phase-based speckle tracking. The incorporation of multiple frames in the conditional model significantly increases the robustness and accuracy of the algorithm. Results are generated using between 2 and 5 frames of RF data for each segmentation and are validated by comparison with manual tracings and automated B-mode boundary detection using standard (Chan and Vese-based) level sets on echocardiographic images from 27 3D sequences acquired from 6 canine studies.
This work is supported by grants 5R01HL082640-04 and 5R01HL077810-04.
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Pearlman, P.C., Tagare, H.D., Lin, B.A., Sinusas, A.J., Duncan, J.S. (2011). Segmentation of 3D RF Echocardiography Using a Multiframe Spatio-temporal Predictor. In: Székely, G., Hahn, H.K. (eds) Information Processing in Medical Imaging. IPMI 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6801. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22092-0_4
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