Dilated convolutional neural networks for cardiovascular MR segmentation in congenital heart disease

Jelmer M. Wolterink, Tim Leiner, Max A. Viergever, Ivana Išgum

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Abstract

We propose an automatic method using dilated convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for segmentation of the myocardium and blood pool in cardiovascular MR (CMR) of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Ten training and ten test CMR scans cropped to an ROI around the heart were provided in the MICCAI 2016 HVSMR challenge. A dilated CNNwith a receptive field of 131×131 voxels was trained for myocardium and blood pool segmentation in axial, sagittal and coronal image slices. Performance was evaluated within the HVSMR challenge. Automatic segmentation of the test scans resulted in Dice indices of 0.80 ± 0.06 and 0.93 ± 0.02, average distances to boundaries of 0.96 ± 0.31 and 0.89 ± 0.24 mm, and Hausdorff distances of 6.13 ± 3.76 and 7.07 ± 3.01mm for the myocardium and blood pool, respectively. Segmentation took 41.5 ± 14.7 s per scan. In conclusion, dilated CNNs trained on a small set of CMR images of CHD patients showing large anatomical variability provide accurate myocardium and blood pool segmentations.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReconstruction, Segmentation, and Analysis of Medical Images - 1st International Workshops, RAMBO 2016 and HVSMR 2016 Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2016, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsMaria A. Zuluaga, Mehdi H. Moghari, Danielle F. Pace, Bernhard Kainz, Kanwal Bhatia
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages95-102
Volume10129 LNCS
ISBN (Print)9783319522791
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event1st International Workshops on Reconstruction and Analysis of Moving Body Organs, RAMBO 2016 and 1st International Workshops on Whole-Heart and Great Vessel Segmentation from 3D Cardiovascular MRI in Congenital Heart Disease, HVSMR 2016 Held in Conjunct... - Athens, Greece
Duration: 17 Oct 201621 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Conference

Conference1st International Workshops on Reconstruction and Analysis of Moving Body Organs, RAMBO 2016 and 1st International Workshops on Whole-Heart and Great Vessel Segmentation from 3D Cardiovascular MRI in Congenital Heart Disease, HVSMR 2016 Held in Conjunct...
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period17/10/201621/10/2016

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