Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6024127 | NeuroImage | 2016 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
Accurate segmentation of the subcortical structures is frequently required in neuroimaging studies. Most existing methods use only a T1-weighted MRI volume to segment all supported structures and usually rely on a database of training data. We propose a new method that can use multiple image modalities simultaneously and a single reference segmentation for initialisation, without the need for a manually labelled training set. The method models intensity profiles in multiple images around the boundaries of the structure after nonlinear registration. It is trained using a set of unlabelled training data, which may be the same images that are to be segmented, and it can automatically infer the location of the physical boundary using user-specified priors. We show that the method produces high-quality segmentations of the striatum, which is clearly visible on T1-weighted scans, and the globus pallidus, which has poor contrast on such scans. The method compares favourably to existing methods, showing greater overlap with manual segmentations and better consistency.
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Authors
Eelke Visser, Max C. Keuken, Gwenaëlle Douaud, Veronique Gaura, Anne-Catherine Bachoud-Levi, Philippe Remy, Birte U. Forstmann, Mark Jenkinson,