Automatic 3-D segmentation of the short-axis late-enhancement cardiac MRI

A method (700) of delineating an anatomical structure in an image computed from a slice of image data, the method (700) comprising:

• a computer processor executing a partition step (710) configured to partition the image into a plurality of image portions, each image portion depicting a portion of the anatomical structure;
• and
• a computer processor executing an adaptation step (720) configured to adapt a template to the image, based on a criterion function, the criterion function being a function of template parameters and of image values and their relative positions in the image, and on a criterion to be satisfied by a computed value of the criterion function,
• wherein the criterion function is defined on the basis of the plurality of image portions.

A computer program product to be loaded by a computer arrangement, comprising instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the instructions delineating an anatomical structure in an image computed from a slice of image data, the computer arrangement comprising a processing unit and a memory, the computer program product, after being loaded, providing said processing unit with the capability to carry out the tasks of:

• partitioning the image into a plurality of image portions, each image portion depicting a portion of the anatomical structure;
• and
• adapting a template to the image, based on a criterion function, the criterion function being a function of template parameters and of image values and their relative positions in the image, and on a criterion to be satisfied by a computed value of the criterion function,
• wherein the criterion function is defined on the basis of the plurality of image portions.