Robust deformable-surface-based skull-stripping for large-scale studies

Yaping Wang, Jingxin Nie, Pew Thian Yap, Feng Shi, Lei Guo, Dinggang Shen

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    Abstract

    Skull-stripping refers to the separation of brain tissue from non-brain tissue, such as the scalp, skull, and dura. In large-scale studies involving a significant number of subjects, a fully automatic method is highly desirable, since manual skull-stripping requires tremendous human effort and can be inconsistent even after sufficient training. We propose in this paper a robust and effective method that is capable of skull-stripping a large number of images accurately with minimal dependence on the parameter setting. The key of our method involves an initial skull-stripping by co-registration of an atlas, followed by a refinement phase with a surface deformation scheme that is guided by prior information obtained from a set of real brain images. Evaluation based on a total of 831 images, consisting of normal controls (NC) and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's Disease (AD), from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database indicates that our method performs favorably at a consistent overall overlap rate of approximately 98% when compared with expert results. The software package will be made available to the public to facilitate neuroimaging studies.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011 - 14th International Conference, Proceedings
    Pages635-642
    Number of pages8
    EditionPART 3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011
    Event14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011 - Toronto, ON, Canada
    Duration: 2011 Sept 182011 Sept 22

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    NumberPART 3
    Volume6893 LNCS
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Other

    Other14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011
    Country/TerritoryCanada
    CityToronto, ON
    Period11/9/1811/9/22

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • General Computer Science

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