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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 725-734 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 8 |
Publication status | Published - 23 Jun 2014 |
Abstract
Medical image segmentation and anatomical structure labeling according to the types of the tissues are important for accurate diagnosis and therapy. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for multi-region labeling and segmentation, which is based on a topological graph prior and the topological information of an atlas, using a modified multi-level set energy minimization method in brain images. We consider a topological graph prior and atlas information to evolve the contour based on a topological relationship presented via a graph relation. This novel method is capable of segmenting adjacent objects with very close gray level in low resolution brain image that would be difficult to segment correctly using standard methods. The topological information of an atlas are transformed to the topological graph of a low resolution (noisy) brain image to obtain region labeling. We explain our algorithm and show the topological graph prior and label transformation techniques to explain how it gives precise multi-region segmentation and labeling. The proposed algorithm is capable of segmenting and labeling different regions in noisy or low resolution MRI brain images of different modalities. We compare our approaches with other state-of-the-art approaches for multi-region labeling and segmentation.
Keywords
- Atlas information, Labeling, Medical image, Multi-level set, Multi-region, Segmentation, Topological graph
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health Professions(all)
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
- Medicine(all)
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Medicine(all)
- Health Informatics
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
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In: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Vol. 38, No. 8, 23.06.2014, p. 725-734.
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AU - Al-Shaikhli, Saif Dawood Salman
AU - Yang, Michael Ying
AU - Rosenhahn, Bodo
N1 - Funding information: The work was partially funded by DAAD scholarship (A/10/96106) and MOHESR-Iraq (Baghdad University). The authors gratefully acknowledge these supports.
PY - 2014/6/23
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