NDLI: Tracking of the left ventricle in contrast enhanced echocardiography by anisotropic filtering and active contours algorithm

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Author	Morales, M.A. Positano, V. Rodriguez, O. Passera, M. Lombardi, M. Rovai, D.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: Clinical Physiol. Inst., CNR, Pisa, Italy (Morales, M.A.; Positano, V.; Rodriguez, O.; Passera, M.; Lombardi, M.; Rovai, D.)
Abstract	Contrast agents together with second harmonic imaging improve endocardial border detection in echo images. Aim of the study was to assess whether non linear anisotropic filtering after segmentation of gradient vector flow (GVF) based active contour algorithm can be applied on contrast echo images for automatic detection of left ventricular (LV) contours. LV volumes were measured in 20 subjects by cine Magnetic Resonance (MR) and transthoracic second harmonic echo after intravenous administration of the contrast agent Levovist. Contrast echo images were analyzed both manually and automatically; MR images were automatically analyzed. LV volumes were calculated according to Simpson's rule. A good correlation with MR volumes was found for manual LV volumes (r.93 and .92 for end diastolic and end systolic volumes, respectively, p <.05). A still good correlation was found for the automatically assessed volumes in both phases (r=.90 and .91, p<05). Thus automatic endocardial border delineation by anisotropic filtering and GVF based active contour algorithm is feasible on contrast echo images. This method may represent an approach for automatic endocardial border analysis in ultrasonic imaging.
Starting Page	65
Ending Page	68
File Size	329572
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780377354
ISSN	02766547
DOI	10.1109/CIC.2002.1166708
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-09-22
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Echocardiography Anisotropic filters Active contours Filtering algorithms Image analysis Power harmonic filters Magnetic analysis Image segmentation Vectors Volume measurement
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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