• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 56, Issue 16, 161014 (2019)
Ke Wu** and Ling Yang*
Author Affiliations
  • College of Electronic Engineering, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan 610200, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP56.161014 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ke Wu, Ling Yang. Ultrasound Left Ventricular Segmentation Method Based on Multi-Phase Level Set[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(16): 161014 Copy Citation Text show less
    Result of binary image processing. (a) Segmentation result of three-phase Level Set; (b) take out results of white part of Fig. 1(a); (c) parabolic model; (d) left ventricular full filling image; (c) result of binary image processing
    Fig. 1. Result of binary image processing. (a) Segmentation result of three-phase Level Set; (b) take out results of white part of Fig. 1(a); (c) parabolic model; (d) left ventricular full filling image; (c) result of binary image processing
    Flow chart of algorithm
    Fig. 2. Flow chart of algorithm
    Comparison of segmentation results of different algorithms with doctor's manual segmentation results. (a) Segmentation result of traditional Level Set method for low noise image; (b) segmentation result of proposed method for low noise image; (c) doctor's manual segmentation result for low noise image; (d) segmentation result of traditional Level Set method for high noise image; (e) segmentation result of proposed method for high noise image; (f) doctor's manual segmentation result for high nois
    Fig. 3. Comparison of segmentation results of different algorithms with doctor's manual segmentation results. (a) Segmentation result of traditional Level Set method for low noise image; (b) segmentation result of proposed method for low noise image; (c) doctor's manual segmentation result for low noise image; (d) segmentation result of traditional Level Set method for high noise image; (e) segmentation result of proposed method for high noise image; (f) doctor's manual segmentation result for high nois
    Results of left ventricular segmentation. (a) Original image; (b) three-phase Level Set segmentation; (c) binarization; (d) binary image subsequent processing; (e) segmentation result
    Fig. 4. Results of left ventricular segmentation. (a) Original image; (b) three-phase Level Set segmentation; (c) binarization; (d) binary image subsequent processing; (e) segmentation result
    Linear fitting results for different numbers of sample points. (a) 5; (b) 10; (c) 15; (d) 20; (e) 30
    Fig. 5. Linear fitting results for different numbers of sample points. (a) 5; (b) 10; (c) 15; (d) 20; (e) 30
    AlgorithmAverage precision /%
    RDDRODDice
    Three-phaseLevel Set0.051±0.0210.883±0.0450.897±0.040
    Level Set0.108±0.0710.793±0.0850.821±0.079
    Table 1. Results of different evaluation parameter
    Ke Wu, Ling Yang. Ultrasound Left Ventricular Segmentation Method Based on Multi-Phase Level Set[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(16): 161014
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