Structure Tensor Based Substitution of Specular Reflections for Improved Heart Surface Tracking

Specular reflections pose a particular challenge to intensity-based tracking approaches. The proposed scheme substitutes specular areas with respect to local image structures, extracted by the structure tensor. It can be applied to images of the beating heart prior to tracking and is shown to improve the estimation of local motion by natural landmarks significantly.

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