Lichao Wang

Publications (4)3.72 Total impact

• Article: Automatic localisation of landmark points in CMR images using a cyclic motion mask.

  Jorge Novo Buján, Robert Merrifield, Lichao Wang, Guang-Zhong Yang
  Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 02/2012; 14 Suppl 1:T9. · 3.72 Impact Factor
• Article: Reinforcement learning for context aware segmentation.

  Lichao Wang, Robert Merrifield, Guang-Zhong Yang
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  ABSTRACT: The ability to learn from user behavior during image segmentation to replicate the innate human ability to adapt shape delineation to contextually specific local information is an important area of study in image understanding. Current approaches to image segmentation usually incorporate specific designs, either relying on generic image features or specific prior knowledge, which usually prevent their application in different contextual settings. In this paper, a general segmentation framework based on reinforcement learning is proposed. It demonstrates how user-specific behavior can be assimilated in-situ for effective model adaptation and learning. It incorporates a two-layer reinforcement learning algorithm that constructs the model from accumulated experience during user interaction. As the algorithm learns 'pervasively' whilst the user performs manual segmentation, no additional steps are required for the training process, allowing the method to adapt and improve its accuracy as experience is acquired. Detailed validation of the method on in-vivo magnetic resonance (MR) data demonstrates the practical value of the technique in significantly reducing the level of user interaction required, whilst maintaining the overall segmentation accuracy.
  Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention. 01/2011; 14(Pt 3):627-34.
• Conference Proceeding: Subject-Specific Cardiac Segmentation Based on Reinforcement Learning with Shape Instantiation.

  Lichao Wang, Su-Lin Lee, Robert D. Merrifield, Guang-Zhong Yang
  Machine Learning in Medical Imaging - Second International Workshop, MLMI 2011, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2011, Toronto, Canada, September 18, 2011. Proceedings; 01/2011
• Conference Proceeding: Subject Specific Shape Modeling with Incremental Mixture Models.

  Lichao Wang, Karim Lekadir, Ismail El-Hamamsy, Magdi Yacoub, Guang-Zhong Yang
  Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality - 5th International Workshop, MIAR 2010, Beijing, China, September 19-20, 2010. Proceedings; 01/2010