Objective To propose an automatic segmentation algorithm of bicuspid aortic valve calcification (BAVC) based on echocardiography (ECHO) ,and to improve the efficiency of BACC identification. Methods The ECHO of BAVC patients was selected, the iterative mean filter and first- and second-order total variation and the specified histogram equalization algorithm was applied to perform image preprocessing of noise reduction and gray balance; the threshold filter and the principle of 8 neighborhood were used to obtain the initial contour of the calcification lesion according to the calcification threshold characteristics, and the initial contour was adaptively selected as the initial seed area according to the size and position characteristics of the aortic valve in ECHO; according to the calcification threshold and iteration termination conditions, adaptive adjustment of related parameters such as the number of iterations, and automatic segmentation of BAVC regions. The results of automatic segmentation were compared with the results of manual segmentation, and the influence of different salt and pepper noise (SPN) and speckle noise (SN) in ECHO on the segmentation results was analyzed. Results The average processing time and the average number of iterations of the established automatic segmentation algorithm reached 4.747s and 31 respectively, and the average pixel accuracy (PA), intersection-over-union (IoU), and Dice coefficient (DC) reached 0.9615, 0.9559, and 0.9773 respectively. Compared with MorphGAC semi-automatic algorithms, the average processing time of the automatic segmentation algorithm had increased by 45.61%, and the average PA, IoU, and DC had increased by 13.25%, 11.02%, and 7.69% respectively. Conclusions The established algorithm can effectively segment the BAVC in ECHO, and solve the problems of large individual differences, low recognition efficiency, and susceptibility to noise interference in manual segmentation.
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