Fusion of short-axis and long-axis cardiac MR images

被引:12
作者
Goshtasby, AA
Turner, DA
机构
[1] Comp. Sci./Engineering Department, Wright State University, Dayton
[2] Section of MRI, Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago
关键词
image fusion; cardiac MRI; volume image; local approximation;
D O I
10.1016/0895-6111(96)00035-3
中图分类号
R318 [生物医学工程];
学科分类号
0831 ;
摘要
A method for fusion of the short-axis and long-axis cardiac MR images into an isotropic volume image is introduced. A volume image obtained by this method contains the left ventricular (LV) cavity in one piece, facilitating measurement of its shape and volume. The main goal in this image fusion is to reconstruct the LV cavity in volume form and in high resolution. The accuracy of the method is measured using a synthetic image, and examples of image fusion using real images are presented. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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页码:77 / 87
页数:11
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