Selective diffusion for oriented pattern extraction: Application to tagged cardiac MRI enhancement

  • Authors:
  • A. Histace;M. Ménard;C. Cavaro-Ménard

  • Affiliations:
  • ETIS UMR CNRS 8051, ENSEA/University of Cergy Pontoise, France;L3i, Pôle Science et Technologie, University of La Rochelle, France;LISA, University of Angers, France

  • Venue:
  • Pattern Recognition Letters
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Anisotropic regularization PDE's (Partial Differential Equation) raised a strong interest in the field of image processing. The benefit of PDE-based regularization methods lies in the ability to smooth data in a nonlinear way, allowing the preservation of important image features (contours, corners or other discontinuities). In this article, a selective diffusion approach based on the framework of Extreme Physical Information theory is presented. It is shown that this particular framework leads to a particular regularization PDE which makes the integration of prior knowledge possible within the diffusion scheme. As a proof of feasibility, results of oriented pattern extractions are first presented on ad hoc images and second on a particular medical application: Tagged cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) enhancement.