Left Ventricle: Fully Automated Segmentation Based on Spatiotemporal Continuity and Myocardium Information in Cine Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (LV-FAST)

Figure 1

Spatiotemporal continuity of the LV section in cine MRI. (a) The short axis images from the apex to the base at a given cardiac phase depicting spatial continuity. The LV region (yellow) varies smoothly from one slice to next along the long axis. (b) Continuous cardiac phase images for a given slice depicting temporal continuity. The LV region (yellow) varies smoothly from one phase to the next along the time axis.

(a) Spatial continuity

(b) Temporal continuity