Cardiovascular Imaging and Image Analysis

Cardiac imaging is the term used to describe non-invasive (i.e., not requiring the insertion of instruments into the body) imaging techniques used to examine the heart, such as a sonogram, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed Tomography (CT), and Nuclear Medicine (NM) imaging techniques such as PET and SPECT.

These cardiac procedures are also known as

• Echocardiography, 
• Cardiac MRI, 
• Cardiac CT, 
• Cardiac PET and Cardiac SPECT
• Myocardial perfusion imaging.

Image Analysis: Image analysis entails breaking down an image into its basic elements and removing pertinent information. Finding shapes, eliminating noise, counting objects, spotting edges, and generating statistics for texture classification or image quality are just a few of the activities involved in image processing. Here are some techniques for image processing:

• Analogue image processing
• Digital image processing