Medical diagnosis by using the motion information in image sequences

Abstract

This paper consist in a comparative studybetween some differential motion estimation methodsthat could be applied in the case of medical diagnosisby using motion information in image sequences.The studied algorithms could be applied in the caseof the diagnosis of heart diseases, thyroid nodulardiseases, arteriosclerosis and other diseases thatimply the uses of image sequences. The paper aim tounderline some advantages and disadvantages ofseveral differential motion estimation methods inorder to allow to ease choose a certain motionestimation method for a certain application. Thestudied methods will be tested on MRI (MagneticResonance Imaging) images but the methods are notlimited only to this kind of data.

Keywords

• motion estimation
• medical diagnosis
• differential methods
• optical flow