Automatic assessment of myocardial viability based on PET-MRI data fusion

被引:7
作者
Behloul, F [1 ]
Janier, M [1 ]
Croisille, P [1 ]
Poirier, C [1 ]
Boudraa, A [1 ]
Unterreiner, R [1 ]
Mason, JC [1 ]
Revel, D [1 ]
机构
[1] INSA Lyon, INSERM, CREATIS, CNRS,Res Unit UMR 5515, Lyon, France
来源
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY, VOL 20, PTS 1-6: BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING TOWARDS THE YEAR 2000 AND BEYOND | 1998年 / 20卷
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10.1109/IEMBS.1998.745954
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R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
In this paper, a fusion system which combines data generated by tagged Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and F18-FDG Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is presented. MRI and PET complementarity leads to a very accurate assessment of the myocardial viability in patients with coronary heart disease. An accurate viability analysis allows a better prediction of the successes of the revasclarization procedure. The fusion system is based on Soft Computing techniques, it is a modular network which consists in four Adaptive Network-Based Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS) organized in a hierarchical way. The network is able to learn and adapt itself and integrates expert knowledge. It is considered a valuable tool for clinical and research applications.
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页码:492 / 495
页数:4
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