Automatic 3D reconstruction of the beating left ventricle using transthoracic echographic images

Author

Berger, M.-O. ; Maurice, N. ; Winterfeldt, G. ; Lethor, J.-P.

Author_Institution

LORIA, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France

fYear

1998

fDate

13-16 Sep 1998

Firstpage

641

Lastpage

644

Abstract

Presents an algorithm for 3D reconstruction of the beating left ventricle from echocardiographic image sequences. The authors especially stress on the automatic tracking process of the ventricular wall. Their algorithm is based on a combination of active shape modeling (snakes) and methods for computing the ventricular wall motion between two frames. The authors also investigate anisotropic diffusion filtering methods to improve the ventricle detection. Results are presented which prove the efficiency of their method

Keywords

echocardiography; image reconstruction; image sequences; medical image processing; 3D reconstruction algorithm; active shape modeling; anisotropic diffusion filtering methods; automatic 3D reconstruction; automatic tracking process; beating left ventricle; medical diagnostic imaging; method efficiency; snakes; transthoracic echographic images; ventricle detection; ventricular wall; Active shape model; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Cardiography; Heart; Image reconstruction; Image sequences; Pathology; Probes; Stress; Tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology 1998

Conference_Location

Cleveland, OH

ISSN

0276-6547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5200-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1998.731955

Filename

731955