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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Thomas O'donnell, New York, NY (US);
Engin Dikici, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Randolph M. Setser, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Richard D. White, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Thomas O'Donnell, New York, NY (US);
Engin DiKici, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Randolph M. Setser, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Richard D. White, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for tracking and classifying the left ventricle of the heart using cine-delayed enhancement magnetic resonance (Cine-DEMR) are provided. The method for tracking the left ventricle comprises: delineating myocardial borders of the left ventricle in an image of a first phase of a cardiac cycle of the heart; registering the image of the first phase with an image of a second phase of the cardiac cycle; copying the myocardial borders from the first phase onto the second phase; fitting the myocardial borders of the first phase to myocardial borders of the second phase; and refining the myocardial borders of the second phase.