Title
A robust model-based approach to detect the mitral annulus in 3D ultrasound
Abstract
Over 40.000 mitral reconstructions are performed each year in the United States. To ensure a successful and durable outcome of the operation, detailed quantification of the mitral annulus is helpful. However, manual measurement is time consuming and hard to perform in clinical routine. We propose a fast semi-automatic method to create a precise model of the mitral annulus from 3D ultrasound data. The basic idea is to combine image information with anatomical knowledge in form of a standard mitral annulus model. This way, the method can adjust to the individual image data and still cope with strong artifacts and incomplete images. By comparing the resulting models to manually created ground truth data of 39 patients, we identified a mean error of 3.49 mm. This is lower than the determined standard deviation of the expert (4.13 mm) and confirms the accuracy of the proposed method. The overall time to create a mitral annulus model from 3D ultrasound image data is less than a minute. Due to its speed, accuracy and robustness, the method is eligible for the clinical routine.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1117/12.2001217
Proceedings of SPIE
Keywords
Field
DocType
Annuloplasty,Mitral Annulus,3D Ultrasound,Model,Knowledge-Based
Computer vision,Mitral annulus,Ultrasonography,Mean squared error,Robustness (computer science),Ground truth,Artificial intelligence,Standard deviation,3D ultrasound,Physics
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
8669
0277-786X
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.58
2
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bastian Graser1144.58
Diana Wald29311.14
Mathias Seitel375.31
Manuel Grossgasteiger452.45
Raffaele De Simone54117.95
Hans-Peter Meinzer610.92
Ivo Wolf773985.17