Title
Automatic extraction of the curved midsagittal brain surface on MR images
Abstract
Many methods exist for the automatic extraction of the midsagittal plane from neuroimages, assuming bilateral symmetry. However, this assumption is incorrect owing to brain torque and the possible presence of pathology. In this paper, a method for extracting the curved midsagittal surface from brain images is presented. First, the method localizes the interhemispheric fissure with an existing technique for midsagittal plane extraction. Next, the plane is modelled as a bicubic spline and the configuration of the control points is optimized to obtain the midsagittal surface. The midsagittal surface results in a better segmentation of the cerebral hemispheres. Not only is the result visually more appealing, the absolute volume of misclassified tissue decreases significantly.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-36620-8_22
MCV
Keywords
Field
DocType
mr image,midsagittal surface result,curved midsagittal brain surface,absolute volume,brain image,automatic extraction,midsagittal plane,midsagittal surface,midsagittal plane extraction,better segmentation,curved midsagittal surface,brain torque
Spline (mathematics),Bilateral symmetry,Computer vision,Control point,Segmentation,Computer science,Bicubic interpolation,Artificial intelligence,Fissure,Sagittal plane,Brain surface
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.42
14
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hugo J. Kuijf1467.89
Max A Viergever27946833.77
Koen L. Vincken379570.72