Co-attention spatial transformer network for unsupervised motion tracking and cardiac strain analysis in 3D echocardiography
Ahn S, Ta K, Thorn S, Onofrey J, Melvinsdottir I, Lee S, Langdon J, Sinusas A, Duncan J. Co-attention spatial transformer network for unsupervised motion tracking and cardiac strain analysis in 3D echocardiography. Medical Image Analysis 2022, 84: 102711. PMID: 36525845, PMCID: PMC9812938, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2022.102711.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpatial transformer networkMotion trackingNoisy displacement fieldReliable motion estimationMotion tracking methodCardiac strain analysisTransformer networkDisplacement fieldDisplacement pathsMotion fieldTracking methodMotion estimationExperimental resultsStrain analysisSuperior performanceTemporal constraintsCardiac motionTrackingRegularization functionDependent featuresEchocardiography imagesNetworkPrior assumptionsField