Automated border detection in three-dimensional echocardiography: principles and promises.
Several automated border detection approaches for three-dimensional echocardiography have been developed in recent years, allowing quantification of a range of clinically important parameters. In this review, the background and principles of these approaches and the different classes of methods are described from a practical perspective, as well as the research trends to achieve a robust method.
Thoraxcenter Biomedical Engineering, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
K Y Esther
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Johan G
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Bosch
D004452:Echocardiography; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009206:Myocardium; D012984:Software