Left ventricle segmentation in fetal echocardiography using a multi-texture active appearance model based on the steered Hermite transform

• A novel segmentation method applied to the left ventricle in fetal echocardiography is proposed.• The method consists of a multi-texture AAM scheme based on the steered Hermite transform.• The steered coefficients of the Hermite transform are used for coding the texture patterns of the multi -texture AAM.• An automatic initialization framework is presented to detect the left ventricle position.• The developed method constitutes a valuable tool for assessment of the fetal cardiac function using ultrasound images.

Source: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine - October 2, 2016 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Lorena Vargas-Quintero, Boris Escalante-Ram írez, Lisbeth Camargo Marín, Mario Guzmán Huerta, Fernando Arámbula Cosio, Héctor Borboa Olivares Source Type: research