Heart Bounding Box Automatic Determination in Coronal Magnetic Resonance Temporal Sequences

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Author(s):	Cappabianco, Fabio ; Tsuzuki, Marcos S. G. ; Miranda, Paulo ; Martins, Thiago C. ; Kagei, Seiichiro ; Gotoh, Toshiyuki ; Iwasawa, Tae Total Authors: 7
Document type:	Journal article
Source:	IFAC PAPERSONLINE; v. 50, n. 1, p. 6-pg., 2017-01-01.
Abstract
The determination of the heart bounding box is a key task that can be used in several applications. Balanced steady-state free precession sequence without contrast produces artifacts originated from the blood flow. For this reason, very few research studies using this type of MR sequence have been conducted. However, this drawback can be used to help in the determination of the heart bounding box. The proposed algorithm is very simple, and averagely determines the heart bounding box in the entire MR temporal sequence of images. After that, it is necessary to adjust the vertical position in each image. The adjustment is a consequence of the diaphragmatic movement. The proposed algorithm is evaluated with several sets of MR temporal sequences without contrast. Copyright 2017 IFAC. (C) 2017, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

FAPESP's process:	10/19685-5 - Three dimensional lung model creation through the diaphragmatic surface registration from RM temporal coronal and sagittal senquences
Grantee:	Marcos de Sales Guerra Tsuzuki
Support Opportunities:	Regular Research Grants