Fully Automatic Segmentation of Left Ventricular Anatomy in 3-D LGE-MRI

About 26 million people worldwide are suffering from heart failure (HF) (Ponikowski et al., 2014). The symptoms of HF typically include shortness of breath, signs of fluid retention, fatigue, exercise intolerance, and depression (Shea and Sweeney, 2003). The underlying cardiac cause of HF is most often a myocardial infarction (McMurray et al., 2012). According to Dickstein et al. (2009) at least 51% of patients suffering from HF have an ischemic history.

Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - May 8, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Tanja Kurzendorfer, Christoph Forman, Michaela Schmidt, Christoph Tillmanns, Andreas Maier, Alexander Brost Source Type: research