LV Motion Tracking from 3D Echocardiography Using Textural and Structural Information

Automated motion reconstruction of the left ventricle (LV) from 3D echocardiography provides insight into myocardium architecture and function. Low image quality and artifacts make 3D ultrasound image processing a challenging problem. We introduce a LV tracking method, which combines textural and structural information to overcome the image quality limitations. Our method automatically reconstructs the motion of the LV contour (endocardium and epicardium) from a sequence of 3D ultrasound images.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: MICCAI
• Authors: Andriy Myronenko, Xubo B. Song, David J. Sahn
• Keywords: Image Quality Limitations, LV Contour, LV Tracking Method, Medical Imaging, MICCAI 2007