Towards a statistical shape-aware deformable contour model for cranial nerve identification

Sharmin Sultana, Praful Agrawal, Shireen Y. Elhabian, Ross T. Whitaker, Tanweer Rashid, Jason E. Blatt, Justin S. Cetas, Michel A. Audette

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Abstract

This paper presents a cranial nerve segmentation technique that combines a 3D deformable contour and a 3D contour Statistical Shape Model (SSM). A set of training data for the construction of the 3D contour shape model is produced using a 1-simplex based discrete deformable contour model where the centerline identification proceeds by optimizing internal and external forces. Point-correspondence for the training dataset is performed using an entropybased energy minimization of particles on the centerline curve. The resulting average shape is used as a prior knowledge, which is incorporated into the 1-simplex as a reference shape model, making the approach stable against low resolution and image artifacts during segmentation using MRI data. Shape variability is shown using the first 3 modes of variation. The segmentation result is validated quantitatively, with ground truth provided by an expert.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationClinical Image-Based Procedures
Subtitle of host publicationTranslational Research in Medical Imaging - 5th International Workshop, CLIP 2016 held in conjunction with MICCAI 2016, Proceedings
EditorsRaj Shekhar, Marius George Linguraru, Miguel Angel Gonzalez Ballester, Yoshinobu Sato, Marius Erdt, Stefan Wesarg, Klaus Drechsler, Cristina Oyarzun Laura
PublisherSpringer-Verlag
Pages68-76
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319464718
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event5th International Workshop on Clinical Image-Based Procedures, CLIP 2016 held in conjunction with 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2016 - Athens, Greece
Duration: Oct 17 2016Oct 17 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9958 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other5th International Workshop on Clinical Image-Based Procedures, CLIP 2016 held in conjunction with 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2016
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period10/17/1610/17/16

Keywords

  • Centerline
  • Contour model
  • Cranial nerves
  • Patient-specific segmentation
  • Statistical Shape Model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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