Time continuous tracking and segmentation of cardiovascular magnetic resonance images using multidimensional dynamic programming

Mehmet Üzümcü, Rob J. Van Der Geest, Cory Swingen, Johan H.C. Reiber, Boudewijn P.F. Lelieveldt

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Abstract

In this article, we propose a semiautomatic method for time-continuous contour detection in all phases of the cardiac cycle in magnetic resonance sequences. The method is based on multidimensional dynamic programming. After shape parameterization, cost hypercubes are filled with image-feature derived cost function values. Using multidimensional dynamic programming, an optimal path is sought through the sequence of hypercubes. Constraints can be imposed by setting limits to the parameter changes between subsequent hypercubes. Quantitative evaluation was performed on 20 subjects. Average border positioning error over all slices, all phases and all studies, was 1.77 ± 0.57 mm for epicardial and 1.86 ± 0.59 mm for endocardial contours. The average error in end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes over all studies was small: 4.24 ± 4.62 mL and -4.36 ± 4.26 mL, respectively. The average error in ejection fraction was 4.82 ± 3.01%. The reported results compare favorable to the best-reported results in recent literature, underlining the potential of this method for application in daily clinical practice.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)52-62
Number of pages11
JournalInvestigative Radiology
Volume41
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cardiac MR
  • Cardiac function quantification
  • Dynamic programming
  • Motion tracking
  • Segmentation

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