Automatic bubble detection with neural networks on post decompression frames Post dekompresyon i̇mgelerinde yapay sinir aǧlariyla otomatik kabarcik tesbiti

PARLAK İ. B., EGİ S. M., Ademoǧlu A., Balestra C., Germonpre P., Marroni A., ...More

2010 15th National Biomedical Engineering Meeting, BIYOMUT2010, Antalya, Turkey, 21 - 24 April 2010 identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
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  • Doi Number: 10.1109/biyomut.2010.5479757
  • City: Antalya
  • Country: Turkey
  • Galatasaray University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Post decompression records in echocardiography are considered to detect micro bubbles and to survey unexplained decompression sickness which is commonly examined by standardized methods such as dive computers and tables. In this study, existent bubbles are detected on transthoracic echicardiografic frames recorded after recreational diving. Bubble detection is performed by Artificial Neural Networks which are trained using bubbles with different morphologies. We showed that bubbles would be detected on four cardiac chambers without image segmentation . ©2010 IEEE.