A coupled deformable model for tracking myocardial borders from real-time echocardiography using an incompressibility constraint
Zhu Y, Papademetris X, Sinusas AJ, Duncan JS. A coupled deformable model for tracking myocardial borders from real-time echocardiography using an incompressibility constraint. Medical Image Analysis 2010, 14: 429-448. PMID: 20350833, PMCID: PMC4318707, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2010.02.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsAnimalsArtificial IntelligenceComputer SystemsDogsEchocardiography, Three-DimensionalElasticity Imaging TechniquesHumansImage EnhancementImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedPattern Recognition, AutomatedReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySubtraction TechniqueConceptsDeformable modelImage-derived informationLV endocardial boundariesImage acquisition techniquesFinal segmentationAutomatic algorithmGround truthManual segmentationVolumetric imagesSegmentationSynthetic dataEndocardial boundaryNumber of effortsMyocardial bordersEpicardial boundariesAcquisition techniquesInstantaneous acquisitionConstraintsImagesEchocardiographic imagesSetSpeckle statisticsAlgorithmReal-time echocardiography