Title :
3D motion analysis of MR imaging using optical flow method
Author :
Huang, Siaw-Hwa ; Wang, Shu-Tzu ; Chen, Jyh-Horng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Optical flow is the velocity distribution of each pixel in an image. In this paper, the authors extend the 2D optical flow method to 3D optical flow analysis and also improve its performance around boundaries. Dynamic analysis of heart and knee is under investigation
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical NMR; cardiology; image sequences; medical image processing; motion estimation; 3D motion analysis; 3D optical flow analysis; MRI; boundaries; dynamic analysis; heart; image pixel velocity distribution; knee; magnetic resonance imaging; medical diagnostic imaging; optical flow method; Biomedical optical imaging; Displays; Equations; Heart; Image motion analysis; Motion analysis; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Pixel; Polynomials;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575201
