Automatic identification of the left ventricle in cardiac cine‐MR images: Dual‐contrast cluster analysis and scout‐geometry approaches

To evaluate the technical feasibility of two approaches—dual‐contrast (DC) cluster analysis, and scout geometry (SG)—for automatic identification of the left ventricular (LV) cavity in short‐axis (SA) cine‐MR images.

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