Variational level-set segmentation and tracking of left ventricle using field prior

Variational level-set segmentation and tracking of left ventricle using field prior

Afshin, Mariam and Ben Ayed, Ismail and Islam, Ali and Ross, Ian and Peters, Terry and Li, Shuo

Medical Imaging 2011: Image Processing 2011

Abstract : This study investigates a novel method of tracking Left Ventricle (LV) curve in Magnetic Resonance (MR) sequences. The method focuses on energy minimization by level-set curve boundary evolution. The level-set framework allows introducing knowledge of the field prior łdots