A virtual exploring mobile robot for left ventricle contour tracking

Author

Admiraal-Behloul, F. ; Lelieveldt, B.P.F. ; Ferrarini, Luca ; Olofsen, Hans ; van der Geest, R.J. ; Reiber, J.H.C.

Author_Institution

Dept of Radiol., Leiden Univ. Medical Center, Netherlands

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

25-29 July 2004

Lastpage

338

Abstract

In this paper we describe a totally new and original approach for combining global and local information in medical image processing. We implemented a virtual mobile robot and trained it using fuzzy neural networks to recognize segments of the myocardium while he navigates autonomously around the left ventricle (LV) of the heart. On its journey around the heart, the virtual exploring robot applies appropriate local edge detection to delineate fully automatically the borders of the myocardium. This may sound unconventional but it has proven effective enough to be integrated in a clinical analytical software tool.

Keywords

cardiology; edge detection; fuzzy neural nets; medical image processing; medical robotics; mobile robots; telerobotics; virtual reality; edge detection; fuzzy neural networks; left ventricle contour tracking; medical image processing; virtual exploring mobile robot; Biomedical image processing; Fuzzy neural networks; Heart; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Medical robotics; Mobile robots; Myocardium; Navigation; Robotics and automation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Neural Networks, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International Joint Conference on

ISSN

1098-7576

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8359-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IJCNN.2004.1379924

Filename

1379924