An automated method for segmenting the outer boundary of abdominal aortic aneurysms in MR images is presented. the method is based on the well known Active Shape Models (ASM), which fit a global landmark-based shape m...
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An automated method for segmenting the outer boundary of abdominal aortic aneurysms in MR images is presented. the method is based on the well known Active Shape Models (ASM), which fit a global landmark-based shape model on the basis of local boundary appearance models. the original three-dimensional ASM scheme is modified to deal with multi-spectral image information and inconsistent boundary appearance in a principled way, with only a limited amount of training data. In addition, a framework for user interaction is proposed. If required, the obtained segmentation can be corrected in an interactive manner by indicating points on the desired boundary. the methods are evaluated in leave-one-out experiments on 21 datasets. A segmentation scheme combining gray level information from two or three MR sequences produces significantly better results than a single-scan model. Average volume errors with respect to the manual segmentation are 4.0%, in 19 out of 21 datasets. In the cases in which the obtained error is large, results can easily be improved using the interactive scheme.
A generalized image model (GIM) is presented. images are represented as sets of 4-dimensional sites combining position and intensity information, as well as their associated uncertainty and joint variation. this model...
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Compensating for intraoperative brain shift using computational models has been used with promising results. Since computational time is an important factor during neurosurgery, a prior knowledge of a patient's or...
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Compensating for intraoperative brain shift using computational models has been used with promising results. Since computational time is an important factor during neurosurgery, a prior knowledge of a patient's orientation and changes in tissue buoyancy force would be valuable information to aid in predicting shift due to gravitational forces. Since the latter is difficult to quantify intraoperatively, a statistical model for predicting intraoperative brain deformations due to gravity is reported. this statistical model builds on a computational model developed earlier. For a given set of patient's orientation and amount of CSF drainage, the intraoperative brain shift is calculated using the computational model. these displacements are then validated against measured displacements to predict the intraoperative brain shift. though initial results are promising, further study is needed before the statistical model can be used for model-updated image-guided surgery.
the computation of an optic flow field to reconstruct a dense velocity field from a sequence of tagged MR images faces a major difficulty: a non-constant pixel intensity. In this paper, we resolved this problem by reg...
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the computation of an optic flow field to reconstruct a dense velocity field from a sequence of tagged MR images faces a major difficulty: a non-constant pixel intensity. In this paper, we resolved this problem by regarding the MRI sequence as density images, which adhere to a principle of conservation of intensity. Based on this principle, optic flow equations are developed based on Gaussian derivatives as differential operators. the multiscale optic flow method is applied to cardiac tagged MRI. A quantitative analysis is presented comparing the reconstructed dense velocity field with a directly acquired velocity field using the velocity-encoded (VEC) MRI.
Intraoperative brain deformation is one of the most contributing factors to the inaccuracy of image-guided neurosurgery systems. One option for correcting for this deformation is to acquire 3D ultrasound images during...
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In this paper we present extensions to the Robust Point Matching framework to improve its ability to handle larger point sets with greater computational efficiency. While in the past this methodology has only been use...
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this paper presents a new pq-space based 2D/3D registration method for camera pose estimation for endoscope tracking. the proposed technique involves the extraction of surface normals for each pixel of the video image...
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this paper presents a new pq-space based 2D/3D registration method for camera pose estimation for endoscope tracking. the proposed technique involves the extraction of surface normals for each pixel of the video images by using a linear local shape-from-shading algorithm derived from the unique camera/lighting constrains of the endoscopes. We illustrate how to use the derived pq-space distribution to match to that of the 3D tomographic model, and demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed method by using an electro-magnetic tracker and a specially constructed airway phantom. Comparison to existing intensity-based techniques has also been made, which highlights the major strength of the proposed method in its robustness against illumination and tissue deformation.
the finite element method (FEM) is well suited for use in the non-rigid registration of magnetic resonance spectroscopy images (MRSI) with intraoperative ultrasound images of the prostate because FEM provides a princi...
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the finite element method (FEM) is well suited for use in the non-rigid registration of magnetic resonance spectroscopy images (MRSI) with intraoperative ultrasound images of the prostate because FEM provides a principled method for modeling the physical deformation caused when the MRSI intra-rectal imaging probe compresses the prostate. However, FEM requires significant labor and computational time to construct a finite element model and solve the resulting large system of equations. In particular, any finite element based registration method must address the questions of how to generate a mesh from an image and how to solve the system of finite element equations efficiently, this paper focuses on how m-rep image segmentations can be used to generate high quality multi-scale hexahedral meshes for use with FEM. Results from the application of this method to the registration of CT images of a prostate phantom with implanted brachytherapy seeds are presented.
Digital atlases of the human brain can help in the specific localization of structures of surgical relevance and interest in image Guided Neurosurgery (IGNS). this paper outlines one of the steps in the creation of a ...
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Digital atlases of the human brain can help in the specific localization of structures of surgical relevance and interest in image Guided Neurosurgery (IGNS). this paper outlines one of the steps in the creation of a digital atlas intended for IGNS, using histological data. the acquisition of histological data can include artefacts such as tearing, shearing, stretching, shrinking, as well as inhomogeneous staining leading to structural inhomogeneities. these inconsistencies are reduced using a non-linear intensity based registration procedure where deformations are defined using a maximized correlation coefficient estimate. the intensity artefacts brought about by inhomogeneous staining are reduced by applying a slice to slice intensity inhomogeneity correction by modelling the intensity mapping between slices as a third order polynomial that is estimated with a Least Trimmed Squared fit. the lateral ventricle was then segmented and to demonstrate increased smoothing along its surface.
A fully-automated 3D image analysis method is proposed to segment lung nodules in HRCT. A specific gray-level mathematical morphology operator, the SMDC-connection cost, acting in the 3D space of the thorax volume is ...
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A fully-automated 3D image analysis method is proposed to segment lung nodules in HRCT. A specific gray-level mathematical morphology operator, the SMDC-connection cost, acting in the 3D space of the thorax volume is defined in order to discriminate lung nodules from other dense (vascular) structures. Applied to clinical data concerning patients with pulmonary carcinoma, the proposed method detects isolated, juxtavascular and peripheral nodules with sizes ranging from 2 to 20 mm diameter. the segmentation accuracy was objectively evaluated on real and simulated nodules. the method showed a sensitivity and a specificity ranging from 85% to 97% and from 90% to 98%, respectively.
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