By Zhaohan Xiong, Qing Xia, Zhiqiang Hu, Ning Huang, Cheng Bian, Yefeng Zheng, Sulaiman Vesal, Nishant Ravikumar, Andreas Maier, Xin Yang, Pheng-Ann Heng, Dong Ni, Caizi Li, Qianqian Tong, Weixin Si, Élodie Puybareau, Younes Khoudli, Thierry Géraud, Chen Chen, Wenjia Bai, Daniel Rueckert, Lingchao Xu, Xiahai Zhuang, Xinzhe Luo, Shuman Jia, Maxime Sermesant, Yashu Liu, Kuanquan Wang, Davide Borra, Alessandro Masci, Cristiana Corsi, Coen Vente, Mitko Veta, Rashed Karim, Chandrakanth Jayachandran Preetha, Sandy Engelhardt, Menyun Qiao, Yuanyuan Wang, Qian Tao, Marta Nunez-Garcia, Oscar Camara, Nicolo Savioli, Pablo Lamata, Jichao Zhao
In Medical Image Analysis
Abstract Segmentation of medical images, particularly late gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (LGE-MRI) used for visualizing diseased atrial structures, is a crucial first step for ablation treatment of atrial fibrillation. However, direct segmentation of LGE-MRIs is challenging due to the varying intensities caused by contrast agents. Since most clinical studies have relied on manual, labor-intensive approaches, automatic methods are of high interest, particularly optimized machine learning approaches. To address this, we organized the 2018 Left Atrium Segmentation Challenge using 154 3D LGE-MRIs, currently the world’s largest atrial LGE-MRI dataset, and associated labels of the left atrium segmented by three medical experts, ultimately attracting the participation of 27 international teams.
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