A competitive strategy for atrial and aortic tract segmentation based on deformable models

Multiple strategies have previously been described for atrial region (i.e. atrial bodies and aortic tract) segmentation. Although these techniques have proven their accuracy, inadequate results in the mid atrial walls are common, restricting their application for specific cardiac interventions. In this work, we introduce a novel competitive strategy to perform atrial region segmentation with correct delineation of the thin mid walls, and integrated it into the B-spline Explicit Active Surfaces framework.

Source: Medical Image Analysis - July 28, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Pedro Morais, Jo ão L. Vilaça, Sandro Queirós, Felix Bourier, Isabel Deisenhofer, João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Jan D'hooge Source Type: research