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ArticlePloS one2017

Polarization image segmentation of radiofrequency ablated porcine myocardial tissue.

Iftikhar Ahmad, Adam Gribble, Iqbal Murtza, Masroor Ikram, Mihaela Pop, Alex Vitkin

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Iftikhar AhmadDepartment of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Adam GribbleDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Iqbal MurtzaDepartment of Computer and Information Sciences, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Masroor IkramDepartment of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science (PIEAS), Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Mihaela PopSunnybrook Research Institute, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Alex VitkinDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences · PKUniversity Health Network · CASunnybrook Health Science Centre · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optical polarimetry has previously imaged the spatial extent of a typical radiofrequency ablated (RFA) lesion in myocardial tissue, exhibiting significantly lower total depolarization at the necrotic core compared to healthy tissue, and intermediate values at the RFA rim region. Here, total depolarization in ablated myocardium was used to segment the total depolarization image into three (core, rim and healthy) zones. A local fuzzy thresholding algorithm was used for this multi-region segmentation, and then compared with a ground truth segmentation obtained from manual demarcation of RFA core and rim regions on the histopathology image. Quantitative comparison of the algorithm segmentation results was performed with evaluation metrics such as dice similarity coefficient (DSC = 0.78 ± 0.02 and 0.80 ± 0.02), sensitivity (Sn = 0.83 ± 0.10 and 0.91 ± 0.08), specificity (Sp = 0.76 ± 0.17 and 0.72 ± 0.17) and accuracy (Acc = 0.81 ± 0.09 and 0.71 ± 0.10) for RFA core and rim regions, respectively. This automatic segmentation of parametric depolarization images suggests a novel application of optical polarimetry, namely its use in objective RFA image quantification.

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Scanning Laser PolarimetryAlgorithmsAnimalsCatheter AblationFuzzy LogicHeartImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMyocardiumSwine

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PMID28380013
PMCPMC5381909
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