Segmentation of the endocardial wall of the left atrium using local region-based active contours and statistical shape learning

Yi Gao; Behnood Gholami; Robert S. MacLeod; Joshua Blauer; Wassim M. Haddad; Allen R. Tannenbaum

doi:10.1117/12.844321

12 March 2010 Segmentation of the endocardial wall of the left atrium using local region-based active contours and statistical shape learning

Yi Gao, Behnood Gholami, Robert S. MacLeod, Joshua Blauer, Wassim M. Haddad, Allen R. Tannenbaum

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Proceedings Volume 7623, Medical Imaging 2010: Image Processing; 76234Z (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.844321
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation, a cardiac arrhythmia characterized by unsynchronized electrical activity in the atrial chambers of the heart, is a rapidly growing problem in modern societies. One treatment, referred to as catheter ablation, targets specific parts of the left atrium for radio frequency ablation using an intracardiac catheter. Magnetic resonance imaging has been used for both pre- and and post-ablation assessment of the atrial wall. Magnetic resonance imaging can aid in selecting the right candidate for the ablation procedure and assessing post-ablation scar formations. Image processing techniques can be used for automatic segmentation of the atrial wall, which facilitates an accurate statistical assessment of the region. As a first step towards the general solution to the computer-assisted segmentation of the left atrial wall, in this paper we use shape learning and shape-based image segmentation to identify the endocardial wall of the left atrium in the delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance images.

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Yi Gao, Behnood Gholami, Robert S. MacLeod, Joshua Blauer, Wassim M. Haddad, and Allen R. Tannenbaum "Segmentation of the endocardial wall of the left atrium using local region-based active contours and statistical shape learning", Proc. SPIE 7623, Medical Imaging 2010: Image Processing, 76234Z (12 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.844321

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