Automatic detection of microvascular obstruction in patients with myocardial infarction

In this study we present a method for segmenting microvascular obstruction in patients with myocardial infarction. The presence of microvascular obstruction is an important prognostic indicator. In late enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance images scar will have very high signal intensity while areas of microvascular obstruction will appear with low signal intensity within the infarction.