System and method for local deformable motion analysis
First Claim
1. A method for tracking local deformable cardiac motion of a myocardial wall of a left ventricle (LV), the left ventricle being viewed in an image sequence, the method comprises the steps of:
- sampling points on a LV contour in consecutive image frames to identify LV image regions and background image regions;
estimating motion of at least one of the identified background image regions to identify those background image regions affected by global motion;
measuring the global motion in the identified background regions by measuring rotation and translation of the identified background regions;
combining motion from multiple background image regions to measure the global motion in the consecutive image frames;
compensating for the measured global motion in the LV image regions to measure local deformable motion of the myocardial wall of the LV by calculating a period of cardiac motion for the left ventricle, the period being calculated by measuring the area of the left ventricle in each frame using control points identified on the left ventricle wall and identifying changes in the size of the left ventricle over the period;
matching the LV image regions in the consecutive image frames to obtain global translation and rotation of the LV image region; and
independently tracking each control point in the image sequence to determine the local deformable motion of the LV.
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Abstract
A system and method for local deformable motion analysis accurately tracks the motion of an object such that local motion of an object is isolated from global motion of an object. The object is viewed in an image sequence and image regions are sampled to identify object image regions and background image regions. The motion of at least one of the identified background image regions is estimated to identify those background image regions affected by global motion. Motion from multiple background image regions are combined to measure the global motion in that image frame. The measured global motion in the object image regions are compensated to measure local motion of the object and the local motion of the object is tracked.
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1. A method for tracking local deformable cardiac motion of a myocardial wall of a left ventricle (LV), the left ventricle being viewed in an image sequence, the method comprises the steps of:
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sampling points on a LV contour in consecutive image frames to identify LV image regions and background image regions; estimating motion of at least one of the identified background image regions to identify those background image regions affected by global motion; measuring the global motion in the identified background regions by measuring rotation and translation of the identified background regions; combining motion from multiple background image regions to measure the global motion in the consecutive image frames; compensating for the measured global motion in the LV image regions to measure local deformable motion of the myocardial wall of the LV by calculating a period of cardiac motion for the left ventricle, the period being calculated by measuring the area of the left ventricle in each frame using control points identified on the left ventricle wall and identifying changes in the size of the left ventricle over the period; matching the LV image regions in the consecutive image frames to obtain global translation and rotation of the LV image region; and independently tracking each control point in the image sequence to determine the local deformable motion of the LV. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for tracking local deformable cardiac motion of a myocardial wall of a left ventricle (LV), the left ventricle being viewed in an image sequence, the system comprising:
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means for sampling points on a LV contour in consecutive frames to identify LV image regions and background image regions; means for estimating motion of at least one of the identified background image regions to identify those background image regions affected by global motion; means for measuring the global motion in the identified background regions by measuring rotation and translation of the identified background regions; means for combining motion from multiple background image regions to measure the global motion in the consecutive image frames; means for compensating for the measured global motion in the LV image regions to measure local motion of the myocardial wall of the LV by calculating a period of cardiac motion for the left ventricle, the period being calculated by measuring the area of the left ventricle in each frame using control points identified on the left ventricle wall and identifying changes in the size of the left ventricle over the period; matching the LV image regions in the consecutive image frames to obtain global translation and rotation of the LV image region; and means for independently tracking each control point in the image sequence to determine the local motion of the LV. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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