Title :
Simulation of realistic echocardiographic sequences for ground-truth validation of motion estimation
Author :
Alessandrini, M. ; Liebgott, H. ; Friboulet, D. ; Bernard, O.
Author_Institution :
CREATIS, Univ. de Lyon, Lyon, France
fDate :
Sept. 30 2012-Oct. 3 2012
Abstract :
We present a framework for the simulation of realistic cardiac ultrasound sequences. Both the visual aspect and the synthesized motion mimic a real echocardiography sequence used as template. The resulting simulation appears virtually indistinguishable from a real scan. As the true tissue motion is known, these synthetic sequences can provide a trustful benchmark for the analysis of heart motion. This possibility is illustrated by comparing the performance of two well known motion estimation algorithms.
Keywords :
echocardiography; image sequences; medical image processing; motion estimation; ultrasonic imaging; cardiac ultrasound sequences; ground-truth validation; heart motion analysis; motion estimation algorithms; real echocardiography sequence; real scan; synthesized motion mimic; true tissue motion; trustful benchmark; visual aspect; Benchmark testing; Computational modeling; Heart; Motion estimation; Myocardium; Ultrasonic imaging; benchmark; cardiac ultrasound; motion estimation; myocardium motion;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing (ICIP), 2012 19th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2534-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1522-4880
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.2012.6467363
