Imaging has become an essential tool in modern radiotherapy (RT), being used to plan dose
delivery prior to treatment and verify target position before and during treatment. Ultrasound …

Several automated border detection approaches for three-dimensional echocardiography
have been developed in recent years, allowing quantification of a range of clinically …

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the modern world. Cardiac imaging is
routinely applied for assessment and diagnosis of cardiac diseases. Computerized image …

BACKGROUND: Assessment of right ventricular function by 2-dimensional
echocardiography (2DECHO) is difficult because of its complex shape. Real-time 3 …

Real-time 3D Echocardiography (RT3DE) has been proven to be an accurate tool for left
ventricular (LV) volume assessment. However, identification of the LV endocardium remains …

Automatic delineation of the myocardium in real-time 3D echocardiography may be used to
aid the diagnosis of heart problems such as ischaemia, by enabling quantification of wall …

Speckle tracking in 2-D ultrasound images has become an established tool for assessment
of left ventricular function. The recent development of ultrasound systems with capability to …

Aims Right ventricular (RV) mass and volume calculations are important correlates of
survival in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We tested the hypothesis …

Computer-aided segmentation of cardiac images obtained by various modalities plays an
important role and is a prerequisite for a wide range of cardiac applications by facilitating the …

The segmentation of the intima-media complex (IMC) of the common carotid artery (CCA)
wall is important for the evaluation of the intima media thickness (IMT) on B-mode ultrasound …