Chapter 20: Medical image analysis

Aysen Degerlia; Mehmet Yamaca; Mete Ahishalia; Serkan Kiranyazb; Moncef Gabbouja    aFaculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandbDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Abstract

This chapter presents deep learning methodologies for medical imaging tasks. The chapter starts with echocardiography for early detection of myocardial infarction (MI) or commonly known as heart attack. Early and fundamental signs of MI can be visible as the abnormality in one or several segments of the left ventricle (LV) wall, where a segment may move “abnormally” or “nonuniformly.” The primary tool to detect and identify such regional wall motion abnormalities ...

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