Measurement of the Aortic Diameter in Plain Axial Cardiac Cine MRI
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We address the task of aortic diameter measurement in (noncontrast-enhanced) plain axial cardiac cine MRI. To this end, we set up a likelihood maximization problem which allows us to recover globally optimal aorta locations and diameters of the cine sequence efficiently. Our approach provides intuitive means of manual post-correction and requires little user interaction, making large-scale image analysis feasible. Experiments on a data set of 20 cine sequences with 30 time frames showed (at least) pixel-accurate diameter measurements which are also highly stable against re-parameterization.
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