2019
Flow network tracking for spatiotemporal and periodic point matching: Applied to cardiac motion analysis
Parajuli N, Lu A, Ta K, Stendahl J, Boutagy N, Alkhalil I, Eberle M, Jeng GS, Zontak M, O'Donnell M, Sinusas AJ, Duncan JS. Flow network tracking for spatiotemporal and periodic point matching: Applied to cardiac motion analysis. Medical Image Analysis 2019, 55: 116-135. PMID: 31055125, PMCID: PMC6939679, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2019.04.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsAnimalsDogsEchocardiographyImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMotionNeural Networks, ComputerVentricular Dysfunction, LeftConceptsDeformation/strainExcellent tracking accuracyEntire cardiac cycleTracking accuracyCardiac motion analysisAccurate estimationSurface pointsEchocardiographic image sequencesLV motionDisplacementMotion analysisImage sequencesCardiac cyclePoint matchingMotionConsecutive framesEstimationNetwork trackingImportant characteristicsSignificant promiseSchemeGood correlationFlow
2017
Fully automatic multi-atlas segmentation of CTA for partial volume correction in cardiac SPECT/CT
Liu Q, Mohy-ud-Din H, Boutagy N, Jiang M, Ren S, Stendahl J, Sinusas A, Liu C. Fully automatic multi-atlas segmentation of CTA for partial volume correction in cardiac SPECT/CT. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2017, 62: 3944-3957. PMID: 28266929, PMCID: PMC5568763, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa6520.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsAngiographyAnimalsAutomationBlood VolumeDogsHeartHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedSingle Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed TomographyConceptsMulti-atlas segmentation methodLabel fusion methodMulti-atlas segmentationSegmentation methodConventional label fusion methodsFusion methodManual segmentationMultiple organ segmentationLabel fusion algorithmImage qualityCardiac SPECT imagesDice similarity coefficientOrgan segmentationSegmentation accuracyAutomatic segmentationCTA segmentationFusion algorithmComputed tomography angiography dataSegmentationOne-out approachCT datasetsTomography angiography dataSimilarity coefficientAngiography dataConsistent image quality