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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2005
Marie-pierre Jolly, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Ying Sun, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Nicolae Duta, Medford, MA (US);
Marie-Pierre Jolly, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Ying Sun, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Nicolae Duta, Medford, MA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for segmenting an image of interest of a left ventricle. The method includes determining a myocardium contour according to a graph cut of candidate endocardium contours, and a spline fitting to candidate epicardium contours in the absence of shape propagation. The method further includes applying a plurality of shape constraints to candidate endocardium contours and candidate epicardium contours to determine the myocardium contour, wherein a template is determined by shape propagation of a plurality of images in a sequence including the image of interest in the presence of shape propagation.