Multi-object model-based multi-atlas segmentation for rodent brains using dense discrete correspondences

Joohwi Lee; Sun Hyung Kim; Martin Styner

doi:10.1117/12.2217709

21 March 2016 Multi-object model-based multi-atlas segmentation for rodent brains using dense discrete correspondences

Joohwi Lee, Sun Hyung Kim, Martin Styner

Proceedings Volume 9784, Medical Imaging 2016: Image Processing; 97840Q (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217709
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The delineation of rodent brain structures is challenging due to low-contrast multiple cortical and subcortical organs that are closely interfacing to each other. Atlas-based segmentation has been widely employed due to its ability to delineate multiple organs at the same time via image registration. The use of multiple atlases and subsequent label fusion techniques has further improved the robustness and accuracy of atlas-based segmentation. However, the accuracy of atlas-based segmentation is still prone to registration errors; for example, the segmentation of in vivo MR images can be less accurate and robust against image artifacts than the segmentation of post mortem images. In order to improve the accuracy and robustness of atlas-based segmentation, we propose a multi-object, model-based, multi-atlas segmentation method. We first establish spatial correspondences across atlases using a set of dense pseudo-landmark particles. We build a multi-object point distribution model using those particles in order to capture inter- and intra- subject variation among brain structures. The segmentation is obtained by fitting the model into a subject image, followed by label fusion process. Our result shows that the proposed method resulted in greater accuracy than comparable segmentation methods, including a widely used ANTs registration tool.

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Joohwi Lee, Sun Hyung Kim, and Martin Styner "Multi-object model-based multi-atlas segmentation for rodent brains using dense discrete correspondences", Proc. SPIE 9784, Medical Imaging 2016: Image Processing, 97840Q (21 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217709

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