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+% this program aims to save automatic contours into text files
+% to be later used for evaluation and statistical analysis
+clear all   
+close all
+clc
+addpath('functions')
+%imset='training';
+%imset='online';
+imset='validation';
+
+%% ED contours
+patient=15;
+
+name1=['results/',imset,'/ED/case',num2str(patient),'.mat'];
+load (name1,'LV_seg','Mroi','slice_num','slice_per_patient','t_I',...
+                    't_centers','t_contours','t_LV_cont_names');
+
+% convert LV mask to original image size
+for k=1:length(slice_num)
+display(['processing slice# ',num2str(slice_num(k))])
+I=t_I(:,:,slice_num(k));
+
+% center of sub image
+cnt_xy=t_centers{slice_num(k)};
+
+% resize to original size
+LV_seg_Isize(:,:,slice_num(k)) = remap_mask(LV_seg(:,:,slice_num(k)),cnt_xy,I);
+
+% save into files
+fname1=['results/',imset,'/contours-auto/case',num2str(patient),'/'];
+if exist(fname1,'dir')==0
+    mkdir(fname1);
+end
+endo_cn=t_LV_cont_names(slice_num(k)).name;
+endo_cnm = strrep(endo_cn, 'manual', 'auto');
+
+name2=[fname1,endo_cnm];
+save_contours2(LV_seg_Isize(:,:,slice_num(k)),name2);
+
+% display automatic and manual contorus
+subplot(3,ceil(length(slice_num)/3),k)
+Cm=t_contours{slice_num(k)};
+showCurveAndPhi(I,Cm,LV_seg_Isize(:,:,slice_num(k)));
+
+end
+%%
+% ES contours
+name1=['results/',imset,'/ES/case',num2str(patient),'.mat'];
+load (name1,'LV_seg','Mroi','slice_num','slice_per_patient','t_I',...
+                    't_centers','t_contours','t_LV_cont_names');
+
+figure
+% convert LV mask to original image size
+for k=1:length(slice_num)
+display(['processing slice# ',num2str(slice_num(k))])
+I=t_I(:,:,slice_num(k));
+
+% center of sub image
+cnt_xy=t_centers{slice_num(k)};
+
+% resize to original size
+LV_seg_Isize(:,:,slice_num(k)) = remap_mask(LV_seg(:,:,slice_num(k)),cnt_xy,I);
+
+% save into files
+fname1=['results/',imset,'/contours-auto/case',num2str(patient),'/'];
+endo_cn=t_LV_cont_names(slice_num(k)).name
+endo_cnm = strrep(endo_cn, 'manual', 'auto');
+
+name2=[fname1,endo_cnm];
+save_contours2(LV_seg_Isize(:,:,slice_num(k)),name2);
+
+% display automatic and manual contorus
+subplot(3,ceil(length(slice_num)/3),k)
+Cm=t_contours{slice_num(k)};
+showCurveAndPhi(I,Cm,LV_seg_Isize(:,:,slice_num(k)));
+
+end