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Figure 8. This figure illustrates how feature detection across a series of image frames can be used to estimate the motion of the heart. In the set of images (a), the shape and location of the endocardium and epicardium is estimated from image features over successive frames and then used to drive a deformation model [19, 20]. (b) The wall motion kinetics and thickening measurements between the sets of contours can be used to create a map of the "activity" level of the myocardium which correlates well with other modalities [20].
