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Interactive segmentation of the cerebral lobes with fuzzy inference in 3T MR images.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16468567     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Measurement of volume and surface area of the frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital lobes from magnetic resonance (MR) images shows promise as a method for use in diagnosis of dementia. This article presents a novel computer-aided system for automatically segmenting the cerebral lobes from 3T human brain MR images. Until now, the anatomical definition of cerebral lobes on the cerebral cortex is somewhat vague for use in automatic delineation of boundary lines, and there is no definition of cerebral lobes in the interior of the cerebrum. Therefore, we have developed a new method for defining cerebral lobes on the cerebral cortex and in the interior of the cerebrum. The proposed method determines the boundaries between the lobes by deforming initial surfaces. The initial surfaces are automatically determined based on user-given landmarks. They are smoothed and deformed so that the deforming boundaries run along the hourglass portion of the three-dimensional shape of the cerebrum with fuzzy rule-based active contour and surface models. The cerebrum is divided into the cerebral lobes according to the boundaries determined using this method. The reproducibility of our system with a given subject was assessed by examining the variability of volume and surface area in three healthy subjects, with measurements performed by three beginners and one expert user. The experimental results show that our system segments the cerebral lobes with high reproducibility.
Authors:
Syoji Kobashi; Yuji Fujiki; Mieko Matsui; Noriko Inoue; Katsuya Kondo; Yutaka Hata; Tohru Sawada
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Evaluation Studies; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  IEEE transactions on systems, man, and cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society     Volume:  36     ISSN:  1083-4419     ISO Abbreviation:  IEEE Trans Syst Man Cybern B Cybern     Publication Date:  2006 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-02-10     Completed Date:  2006-03-07     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9890044     Medline TA:  IEEE Trans Syst Man Cybern B Cybern     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  74-86     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2201, Japan. kobashi@eng.u-hyogo.ac.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms*
Cerebral Cortex / anatomy & histology*
Fuzzy Logic*
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
Information Storage and Retrieval / methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity

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