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Semi-Automatic 4D Fuzzy Connectedness Segmentation of Heart Ventricles in Cine MRI

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The volumes of the left and right cardiac ventricles are important indexes for several cardiovascular diseases. In this paper, a semiautomatic algorithm based on 4D fuzzy connectedness is proposed for segmenting the cardiac ventricles in arbitrarily oriented cardiac cine MR images. The segmentation of the left ventricle was evaluated using 45 short axis images and a visual assessment of right ventricle segmentation was performed.

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  1. Fraunhofer MEVIS - Institute for Medical Image Computing, Bremen, Germany

    Markus Hüllebrand, Anja Hennemuth & Ola Friman

  2. German Heart Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Daniel Messroghli & Titus Kühne

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Correspondence to Markus Hüllebrand .

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  1. , Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Universität zu Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, Lübeck, 23562, Germany

    Heinz Handels

  2. , Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Universität Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, Lübeck, 23538, Germany

    Jan Ehrhardt

  3. Inst. Medizinische Informatik, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany

    Thomas M. Deserno

  4. Abt. Med./Biol.Inform./H0100, Deutsches Krebsforschungzentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany

    Hans-Peter Meinzer

  5. Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Inst. Medizinische Informatik,, Universitätsklinikum Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, Berlin, 12200, Berlin, Germany

    Thomas Tolxdorff

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Hüllebrand, M., Hennemuth, A., Messroghli, D., Kühne, T., Friman, O. (2011). Semi-Automatic 4D Fuzzy Connectedness Segmentation of Heart Ventricles in Cine MRI. In: Handels, H., Ehrhardt, J., Deserno, T., Meinzer, HP., Tolxdorff, T. (eds) Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2011. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19335-4_3

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