TBS: Tensor-based supervoxels for unfolding the heart

Hirohisa Oda, Holger R. Roth, Kanwal K. Bhatia, Masahiro Oda, Takayuki Kitasaka, Toshiaki Akita, Julia A. Schnabel, Kensaku Mori

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Abstract

Investigation of the myofiber structure of the heart is desired for studies of anatomy and diseases. However, it is difficult to understand the left ventricle structure intuitively because it consists of three layers with different myofiber orientations. In this work, we propose an unfolding method for micro-focus X-ray CT (µCT) volumes of the heart. First, we explore a novel supervoxel over-segmentation technique, Tensor-Based Supervoxels (TBS), which allows us to divide the left ventricle into three layers. We utilize TBS and B-spline curves for extraction of the layers. Finally we project µCT intensities in each layer to an unfolded view. Experiments are performed using three µCT images of the left ventricle acquired from canine heart specimens. In all cases, the myofiber structure could be observed clearly in the unfolded views. This is promising for helping cardiac studies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention − MICCAI 2017 - 20th International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsMaxime Descoteaux, Simon Duchesne, Alfred Franz, Pierre Jannin, D. Louis Collins, Lena Maier-Hein
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages681-689
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319661810
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event20th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2017 - Quebec City, Canada
Duration: 11 Sep 201713 Sep 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10433 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference20th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2017
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityQuebec City
Period11/09/1713/09/17

Keywords

  • 3D deformation
  • Cardiac anatomy
  • Iterative clustering

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