Title
Structure localization in brain images: application to relevant image selection.
Abstract
Recent advances in imaging have lead to increases in the number of images/study. Automated methods to select relevant images are critical to effectively convey study results. The proposed method combines natural language processing (NLP) and automatic structure localization to identify relevant images of a MR brain study. NLP extracts relevant locations of findings. Two algorithms were implemented and evaluated for structure localization. The first method involves registration of patient dataset to a labeled atlas. The second method involves an eigenimage search using a training set of images. A prototype was developed and tested on MR brain studies of nine patients. With the registration method, slices containing the relevant structure agreed with expert selection in 98% of cases. Structure localization by eigenimage search was able to locate the lateral ventricles correctly in all the test cases. The proposed method provides an accurate method for identifying relevant slices of an imaging study.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2001
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
natural language processing,algorithms,magnetic resonance imaging
Field
DocType
Issue
Training set,Computer vision,Computer science,Test case,Artificial intelligence,Image selection
Conference
SUPnan
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1067-5027
1
0.37
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Usha Sinha115816.11
Ricky K. Taira2459240.06
Hooshang Kangarloo310417.48