Patent Document ID: 9875581
Application ID: 14929806
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of automatically producing a three-dimensional (3D) segmentation of a heart chamber, the method comprising: (a) obtaining data sets from cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or ultrasound, (b) generating a 3D segmentation of the heart chamber from the data sets using an active contour method comprising minimizing an energy function, E(Φ), when a contour lies on a boundary of the heart chamber, wherein E(Φ) is defined as 
 E (Φ)= E int (Φ)+ E ext (Φ), wherein E int is the internal energy function and E ext is the external energy function of the heart chamber in a 3D domain, (c) modifying the 3D segmentation by adding a plurality of intra-chamber structures; and (d) identifying an enclosing myocardium using the 3D segmentation generated in step (b).