Voting-based active contour segmentation of fmri images of the brain

Gowri Srinivasa, Vivek S. Oak, Siddharth J. Garg, Matthew C. Fickus, Jelena Kovaĉević

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Abstract

We propose an algorithm for automated segmentation of white matter in brain MRI images, which can be used to create connected representations of the gray matter in the cerebral cortex of the brain. These representations then provide meaningful visualizations of brain activity data obtained from fMRI studies. Our algorithm to segment the white matter from the rest of the image is based on an active-contour scheme - STACS, and thus inherits all the advantages active-contour schemes possess. The segmentation, performed in three different planes of image capture, is driven by the statistics of the image. We combine the segmentation results from the three planes by a majority voting procedure to classify each voxel in the image as white matter or not. We improve the runtime of the algorithm by rewriting the force computation as a multiscale transformation. Initial results of labeling the white matter with an accuracy of about 89% show great promise of the proposed algorithm.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2008 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2008 Proceedings
Pages1100-1103
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event2008 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2008 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Oct 12 2008Oct 15 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Other

Other2008 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period10/12/0810/15/08

Keywords

  • Active contour
  • Brain fMRI
  • Segmentation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing

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