Abstract
This paper presents an automatic method for segmentation of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) of the brain. The approach is based on similarities between multi-channel patches (T1, T2 and FLAIR). An MS lesion patch database is built using training images for which the label maps are known. For each patch in the testing image, k similar patches are retrieved from the database. The matching labels for these k patches are then combined to produce an initial segmentation map for the test case. Finally a novel iterative patch-based label refinement process based on the initial segmentation map is performed to ensure spatial consistency of the detected lesions. A leave-one-out evaluation is done for each testing image in the MS lesion segmentation challenge of MICCAI 2008. Results are shown to compete with the state-of-the-art methods on the MICCAI 2008 challenge.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Medical Imaging 2015 |
Subtitle of host publication | Image Processing |
Editors | Martin A. Styner, Sebastien Ourselin |
Publisher | SPIE |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781628415032 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Event | Medical Imaging 2015: Image Processing - Orlando, United States Duration: 24 Feb 2015 → 26 Feb 2015 |
Publication series
Name | Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE |
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Volume | 9413 |
ISSN (Print) | 1605-7422 |
Conference
Conference | Medical Imaging 2015: Image Processing |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Orlando |
Period | 24/02/15 → 26/02/15 |
Bibliographical note
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