Pre-processing importance for extracting contours from noisy echocardiographics images.

Contours extraction from two dimensional echocardiographic images has been a challenge in digital image processing. This is essentially due to the heavy noise, poor quality of these images and some artifacts like papillary muscles, intra-cavity structures as chordate, and valves that can interfere w...

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Main Authors: Hussein, Zinah Rajab, Rahmat, Rahmita Wirza, Abdullah, Lili Nurliyana, Saripan, M. Iqbal, Dimon, Mohd. Zamrin
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: IJCSNS (International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security) 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/16320/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/16320/1/Pre.pdf
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Summary:Contours extraction from two dimensional echocardiographic images has been a challenge in digital image processing. This is essentially due to the heavy noise, poor quality of these images and some artifacts like papillary muscles, intra-cavity structures as chordate, and valves that can interfere with the endocardial border tracking.In this paper, we will present a technique to extract the contours of heart boundaries from a sequence of echocardiographic images,where it started with pre-processing to reduce noise and produce better image quality. By pre-processing the images, the unclear edges are avoided, and we can get an accurate detection of both heart boundary and movement of heart valves.