2023
Segmentation-Free PVC for Cardiac SPECT Using a Densely-Connected Multi-Dimensional Dynamic Network
Xie H, Liu Z, Shi L, Greco K, Chen X, Zhou B, Feher A, Stendahl J, Boutagy N, Kyriakides T, Wang G, Sinusas A, Liu C. Segmentation-Free PVC for Cardiac SPECT Using a Densely-Connected Multi-Dimensional Dynamic Network. IEEE Transactions On Medical Imaging 2023, 42: 1325-1336. PMID: 36459599, PMCID: PMC10204821, DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2022.3226604.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Shape-Regularized Unsupervised Left Ventricular Motion Network With Segmentation Capability In 3d+ Time Echocardiography
Ta K, Ahn SS, Stendahl JC, Sinusas AJ, Duncan JS. Shape-Regularized Unsupervised Left Ventricular Motion Network With Segmentation Capability In 3d+ Time Echocardiography. 2011 IEEE International Symposium On Biomedical Imaging: From Nano To Macro 2021, 00: 536-540. PMID: 34168721, PMCID: PMC8221369, DOI: 10.1109/isbi48211.2021.9433888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConvolutional neural networkAccurate motion estimationCardiac motion patternsMotion estimation performanceDense displacement fieldB-mode echocardiography imagesSegmentation masksMedical imagesMotion estimationNeural networkSegmentation capabilityTarget imageUnsupervised estimationImportant taskSegmentationMotion patternsDisplacement fieldNetworkEchocardiography imagesEstimation performanceImagesLow signalAdditional challengesMotion networkNoise ratio
2020
Unsupervised motion tracking of left ventricle in echocardiography
Ahn SS, Ta K, Lu A, Stendahl JC, Sinusas AJ, Duncan JS. Unsupervised motion tracking of left ventricle in echocardiography. Proceedings Of SPIE--the International Society For Optical Engineering 2020, 11319: 113190z-113190z-7. PMID: 32994659, PMCID: PMC7521020, DOI: 10.1117/12.2549572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMotion trackingGround truth displacement fieldsConvolutional neural networkAccurate motion trackingDense displacement fieldB-mode echocardiography imagesU-NetNeural networkTracking frameworkNon-rigid registration algorithmTarget imageRegistration algorithmTarget frameSource frameAlgorithmEchocardiography imagesFavorable performanceDatasetImagesTrackingDisplacement estimationLarge amountEchocardiographic imagesSegmentationNetwork