Localization and labeling of rat brain in MR image based on Paxinos-Watson atlas

Jie Cao; Chao Cai; Mingyue Ding; Chengping Zhou

doi:10.1117/12.652658

10 March 2006 Localization and labeling of rat brain in MR image based on Paxinos-Watson atlas

Jie Cao, Chao Cai, Mingyue Ding, Chengping Zhou

Proceedings Volume 6141, Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display; 614129 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.652658
Event: Medical Imaging, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Localization and labeling of function regions in brain is an important topic in experimental brain sciences because the huge amount of data collected by neuroscientists will become meaningless if we cannot give them a precise description of their locations. In this paper, we proposed a localization and labelling method of 3D MR image of rat brain based on Paxinos-Watson atlas. Our objective is to use the specific atlas to accomplish localization and labeling of specified tissue of interest (TOI) to mimic a veteran expert such that invisible or unclear anatomic function regions in the MR images of rat brain can be automatically identified and marked. We proposed a multi-step method to locate and label the TOIs from the MR image of rat brain. Firstly, pre-processing. It aims at the digitization and 3D reconstruction of the atlas and MRI of rat brain. Secondly, two-step registration. The global registration is to eliminate the big misalign and section angle offset as well as the scale between the MRI and atlas. We can choose some unambiguous and characteristic points manually, and based on these correspondences a coarse registration is obtained using affine model. The local registration is to address individual variability of rat brain that can be performed by using Snake model. Thirdly, post-processing. The goal is to locate and label the TOIs in the selected MR image of rat brain slice guided by well-registered atlas. The experiments demonstrated the feasibility of our method.

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Jie Cao, Chao Cai, Mingyue Ding, and Chengping Zhou "Localization and labeling of rat brain in MR image based on Paxinos-Watson atlas", Proc. SPIE 6141, Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display, 614129 (10 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.652658

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