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In this paper, we propose a sparse appearance model based registration algorithm for segmenting 3D echocardiograms. The end-diastolic model is built in 3D sparsely on 2D planes, representing the anatomical 4-chamber, 2-chamber, and short-axis views. Ultrasound specific intensity normalization and shape-based intensity modeling are employed. The model is matched in an intensity-based registration approach, by perturbing appearance and pose parameters simultaneously. Leave-one-out experiments on 10 patients reveal significant improvement in the segmentation using the normalized cross-correlation metric. The registration method will allow fully automatic extraction of the standard views as used in echocardiography. This will aid in the selection of images for inter- and intra-patient comparison and may provide an alternative for a complete 3D AAM.
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Leung, K.Y.E. et al. (2006). Sparse Appearance Model Based Registration of 3D Ultrasound Images. In: Yang, GZ., Jiang, T., Shen, D., Gu, L., Yang, J. (eds) Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality. MIAR 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4091. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11812715_30
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