Title
Cortical correspondence with probabilistic fiber connectivity.
Abstract
This paper presents a novel method of optimizing point-based correspondence among populations of human cortical surfaces by combining structural cues with probabilistic connectivity maps. The proposed method establishes a tradeoff between an even sampling of the cortical surfaces (a low surface entropy) and the similarity of corresponding points across the population (a low ensemble entropy). The similarity metric, however, isn't constrained to be just spatial proximity, but uses local sulcal depth measurements as well as probabilistic connectivity maps, computed from DWI scans via a stochastic tractography algorithm, to enhance the correspondence definition. We propose a novel method for projecting this fiber connectivity information on the cortical surface, using a surface evolution technique. Our cortical correspondence method does not require a spherical parameterization. Experimental results are presented, showing improved correspondence quality demonstrated by a cortical thickness analysis, as compared to correspondence methods using spatial metrics as the sole correspondence criterion.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-02498-6_54
IPMI
Keywords
Field
DocType
novel method,cortical thickness analysis,cortical surface,cortical correspondence,correspondence method,cortical correspondence method,sole correspondence criterion,correspondence definition,point-based correspondence,improved correspondence quality,probabilistic connectivity map,probabilistic fiber connectivity,artificial intelligence,algorithms
Computer vision,Population,Parametrization,Pattern recognition,Computer science,Minimum description length,Sampling (statistics),Artificial intelligence,Probabilistic logic,Tractography
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
21
1011-2499
8
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.65
13
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ipek Oguz110812.87
Marc Niethammer273168.16
Josh Cates31129.07
Ross Whitaker4686.22
Thomas Fletcher580.65
Clement Vachet6415.34
Martin Styner71349116.30