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Echocardiography is a vital non-invasive modality for cardiac assessment, with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) serving as a key indicator of heart function. Existing LVEF estimation methods depend on large-scale annotated video…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Yao Du , Jiarong Guo , Xiaomeng Li

Accurate identification of End-Diastolic (ED) and End-Systolic (ES) frames is key for cardiac function assessment through echocardiography. However, traditional methods face several limitations: they require extensive amounts of data,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Zhenyu Bu , Yang Liu , Jiayu Huo , Jingjing Peng , Kaini Wang , Guangquan Zhou , Rachel Sparks , Prokar Dasgupta , Alejandro Granados , Sebastien Ourselin

Left-ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is an important indicator of heart failure. Existing methods for LVEF estimation from video require large amounts of annotated data to achieve high performance, e.g. using 10,030 labeled…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Weihang Dai , Xiaomeng Li , Xinpeng Ding , Kwang-Ting Cheng

Early detection and localization of myocardial infarction (MI) can reduce the severity of cardiac damage through timely treatment interventions. In recent years, deep learning techniques have shown promise for detecting MI in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Nguyen Tuan , Phi Nguyen , Dai Tran , Hung Pham , Quang Nguyen , Thanh Le , Hanh Van , Bach Do , Phuong Tran , Vinh Le , Thuy Nguyen , Long Tran , Hieu Pham

Segmentation of the Left ventricle (LV) is a crucial step for quantitative measurements such as area, volume, and ejection fraction. However, the automatic LV segmentation in 2D echocardiographic images is a challenging task due to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-24 Shakiba Moradi , Mostafa Ghelich-Oghli , Azin Alizadehasl , Isaac Shiri , Niki Oveisi , Mehrdad Oveisi , Majid Maleki , Jan Dhooge

We present a semi-supervised framework for joint segmentation and classification of fetal cardiac ultrasound images. Built upon the EchoCare multi-task backbone, our method integrates SAM-Med2D for boundary refinement and leverages DINOv3…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Tonghao Zhuang , Shanglong Hu , Yongsheng Luo , Zhiqi Zhang , Yu Li

Purpose: Echocardiography is commonly used as a non-invasive imaging tool in clinical practice for the assessment of cardiac function. However, delineation of the left ventricle is challenging due to the inherent properties of ultrasound…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-07 Deepa Krishnaswamy , Abhilash R. Hareendranathan , Tan Suwatanaviroj , Pierre Boulanger , Harald Becher , Michelle Noga , Kumaradevan Punithakumar

In the United States, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, accounting for 610,000 deaths each year [1]. Physicians use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans to take images of the heart in order to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-22 Ehab Abdelmaguid , Jolene Huang , Sanjay Kenchareddy , Disha Singla , Laura Wilke , Mai H. Nguyen , Ilkay Altintas

In echocardiography (echo), an electrocardiogram (ECG) is conventionally used to temporally align different cardiac views for assessing critical measurements. However, in emergencies or point-of-care situations, acquiring an ECG is often…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-02-05 Fatemeh Taheri Dezaki , Christina Luong , Tom Ginsberg , Robert Rohling , Ken Gin , Purang Abolmaesumi , Teresa Tsang

Echocardiography is widely used for assessing cardiac function, where clinically meaningful parameters such as left-ventricular ejection fraction (EF) play a central role in diagnosis and management. Generative models capable of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Emmanuel Oladokun , Sarina Thomas , Jurica Šprem , Vicente Grau

Background. Functional assessment of right ventricle (RV) using gated myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (MPS) heavily relies on the precise extraction of right ventricular contours. In this paper, we present a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-22 Chen Zhao , Shi Shi , Zhuo He , Cheng Wang , Zhongqiang Zhao , Xinli Li , Yanli Zhou , Weihua Zhou

Foundation models have recently gained significant attention because of their generalizability and adaptability across multiple tasks and data distributions. Although medical foundation models have emerged, solutions for cardiac imaging,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Sekeun Kim , Pengfei Jin , Sifan Song , Cheng Chen , Yiwei Li , Hui Ren , Xiang Li , Tianming Liu , Quanzheng Li

The analysis of interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) in magnetoencephalography (MEG) or electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings represents a critical component in the diagnosis of epilepsy. However, manual analysis of these IEDs, which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Kuntao Xiao , Xiongfei Wang , Pengfei Teng , Yi Sun , Yong Zhang , Wanli Yang , Zikang Xu , Liang Zhang , Hanyang Dong , Guoming Luan , Shurong Sheng

Integrating methods for time-to-event prediction with diagnostic imaging modalities is of considerable interest, as accurate estimates of survival requires accounting for censoring of individuals within the observation period. New methods…

Electrocardiogram (ECG) is a widely used tool for assessing cardiac function due to its low cost and accessibility. Emergent research shows that ECGs can help make predictions on key outcomes traditionally derived from more complex…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Yuan Gao , Sangwook Kim , Chris McIntosh

Cardiac ultrasound imaging is used to diagnose various heart diseases. Common analysis pipelines involve manual processing of the video frames by expert clinicians. This suffers from intra- and inter-observer variability. We propose a novel…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-05 Hadrien Reynaud , Athanasios Vlontzos , Benjamin Hou , Arian Beqiri , Paul Leeson , Bernhard Kainz

Artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiography (AI-ECG) can detect heart failure (HF), including disease not captured by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), but the cardiac phenotypes underlying model predictions remain unclear.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Elias Stenhede , Eivind Bjørkan Orstad , Torbjørn Omland , Henrik Schirmer , Arian Ranjbar

Echocardiography (echo) is the first imaging modality used when assessing cardiac function. The measurement of functional biomarkers from echo relies upon the segmentation of cardiac structures and deep learning models have been proposed to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Iman Islam , Esther Puyol-Antón , Bram Ruijsink , Andrew J. Reader , Andrew P. King

This project addresses the need for efficient, real-time analysis of biomedical signals such as electrocardiograms (ECG) and electroencephalograms (EEG) for continuous health monitoring. Traditional methods rely on long-duration data…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-22 Jinhai Hu

Cardiovascular diseases, particularly heart failure, are a leading cause of death globally. The early detection of heart failure through routine echocardiogram screenings is often impeded by the high cost and labor-intensive nature of these…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-12 Ethan Thomas , Salman Aslam