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Abstract #3724

Myocardial Infarction Segmentation by GMM Clustering Method with Free-Breathing 3D Navigator-Gated DE-MRI

Yonggang Lu1,2, Thanh D. Nguyen3, Noel C. F. Codella3, Dorinna D. Mendoza4, Jonathan Weinsaft4, Bruce B. Lerman5, Yi Wang3

1Wiscom Intelligent System Co.,Ltd., Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; 2Department of Radiology , Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, United States; 3Department of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, United States; 4Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, United States; 5Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, United States


A GMM clustering method with a free-breathing 3D Navigator-Gated DE-MRI was proposed for myocardial infarction segmentation in this study. Compared to commonly used methods, the novel method has a superior performance of more accuracy and operator-independence in assessing myocardial infarction as demonstrated by preliminary experiments with in vivo human data.