Detection and modeling of infarcted myocardium regions in MRI images using a contour deformable model

Abstract

This work provides a semi-automatic method for defining and modeling of the infarcted myocardial tissue in MRI images. A deformable contour model based on Fourier decomposition is used to define the border of the infarcted region in successive slice images. A new fast algorithm has been developed for fitting the curve to the borders of the region. The method includes a two-stage process which detects boundary points and directly calculates the model parameters. The method has been tested on MR images from patients with myocardial infarction. Results show that the infarcted region modeling method performs well, being fast, accurate and relatively insensitive to image noise and inhomogeneities