10. An apparatus for detecting anatomic landmarks of a left ventricle (LV) in a magnetic resonance (MR) long axis image slice, comprising: means for detecting a plurality of apex candidates in the MR long axis image slice using a trained apex detector; means for detecting a plurality of base plane candidates in the MR long axis image slice using a trained base plane detector; means for generating a joint context for each apex-base plane candidate pair; and means for determining a best apex-base plane candidate pair based on the generated joint context using a trained joint context detector.
10. An apparatus for detecting anatomic landmarks of a left ventricle (LV) in a magnetic resonance (MR) long axis image slice, comprising: means for detecting a plurality of apex candidates in the MR long axis image slice using a trained apex detector; means for detecting a plurality of base plane candidates in the MR long axis image slice using a trained base plane detector; means for generating a joint context for each apex-base plane candidate pair; and means for determining a best apex-base plane candidate pair based on the generated joint context using a trained joint context detector. 18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein detected positions of the apex and basal annulus points of the LV are defined by the best apex-base plane pair, further comprising: means for refining the detected positions of the apex and basal annulus points using local searches constrained based on the detected positions of the apex and basal annulus points.