Multiscale attention guided U-Net architecture for cardiac segmentation in short-axis MRI images.

Journal: Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Automatic cardiac segmentation plays an utmost role in the diagnosis and quantification of cardiovascular diseases.

Authors

  • Hengfei Cui
    National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aero-Space-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China.
  • Chang Yuwen
    National Engineering Laboratory for Integrated Aero-Space-Ground-Ocean Big Data Application Technology, School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China; Centre for Multidisciplinary Convergence Computing (CMCC), School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
  • Lei Jiang
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200433, China.
  • Yong Xia
  • Yanning Zhang