A neuro-fuzzy approach of bubble recognition in cardiac video processing

Ismail Burak Parlak, Salih Murat Egi, Ahmet Ademoglu, Costantino Balestra, Peter Germonpre, Alessandro Marroni, Salih Aydin

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    Abstract

    2D echocardiography which is the golden standard in clinics becomes the new trend of analysis in diving via its high advantages in portability for diagnosis. By the way, the major weakness of this system is non-integrated analysis platform for bubble recognition. In this study, we developed a full automatic method to recognize bubbles in videos. Gabor Wavelet based neural networks are commonly used in face recognition and biometrics. We adopted a similar approach to overcome recognition problem by training our system through real bubble morphologies. Our method does not require a segmentation step which is almost crucial in several studies. Our correct detection rate varies between 82.7-94.3%. After the detection, we classified our findings on ventricles and atria using fuzzy k-means algorithm. Bubbles are clustered in three different subjects with 84.3-93.7% accuracy rates. We suggest that this routine would be useful in longitudinal analysis and subjects with congenital risk factors.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationDigital Information and Communication Technology and Its Applications - International Conference, DICTAP 2011, Proceedings
    Pages277-286
    Number of pages10
    EditionPART 1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011
    EventInternational Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and Its Applications, DICTAP 2011 - Dijon, France
    Duration: 21 Jun 201123 Jun 2011

    Publication series

    NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
    NumberPART 1
    Volume166 CCIS
    ISSN (Print)1865-0929

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and Its Applications, DICTAP 2011
    Country/TerritoryFrance
    CityDijon
    Period21/06/1123/06/11

    Keywords

    • Decompression Sickness
    • Echocardiography
    • Fuzzy K-Means Clustering
    • Gabor Wavelet
    • Neural Networks

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