Multi-atlas segmentation with particle-based group-wise image registration

Joohwi Lee; Ilwoo Lyu; Martin Styner

doi:10.1117/12.2043333

21 March 2014 Multi-atlas segmentation with particle-based group-wise image registration

Joohwi Lee, Ilwoo Lyu, Martin Styner

Proceedings Volume 9034, Medical Imaging 2014: Image Processing; 903447 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043333
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We propose a novel multi-atlas segmentation method that employs a group-wise image registration method for the brain segmentation on rodent magnetic resonance (MR) images. The core element of the proposed segmentation is the use of a particle-guided image registration method that extends the concept of particle correspondence into the volumetric image domain. The registration method performs a group-wise image registration that simultaneously registers a set of images toward the space defined by the average of particles. The particle-guided image registration method is robust with low signal-to-noise ratio images as well as differing sizes and shapes observed in the developing rodent brain. Also, the use of an implicit common reference frame can prevent potential bias induced by the use of a single template in the segmentation process. We show that the use of a particle guided-image registration method can be naturally extended to a novel multi-atlas segmentation method and improves the registration method to explicitly use the provided template labels as an additional constraint. In the experiment, we show that our segmentation algorithm provides more accuracy with multi-atlas label fusion and stability against pair-wise image registration. The comparison with previous group-wise registration method is provided as well.

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Joohwi Lee, Ilwoo Lyu, and Martin Styner "Multi-atlas segmentation with particle-based group-wise image registration", Proc. SPIE 9034, Medical Imaging 2014: Image Processing, 903447 (21 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2043333

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