A novel non-registration based segmentation approach of 4D dynamic upper airway MR images: minimally interactive fuzzy connectedness

Author(s):  
Yubing Tong ◽  
Jayaram K. Udupa ◽  
Dewey Odhner ◽  
Sanghun Sin ◽  
Mark E. Wagshul ◽  
...  
2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 2323-2333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yubing Tong ◽  
Jayaram K. Udupa ◽  
Dewey Odhner ◽  
Caiyun Wu ◽  
Sanghun Sin ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Song ◽  
Charles Gasparovic ◽  
Nancy Andreasen ◽  
Jeremy Bockholt ◽  
Mo Jamshidi ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Guglielmo ◽  
S. Ekström ◽  
R. Strand ◽  
R. Visvanathar ◽  
F. Malmberg ◽  
...  

AbstractAutomated quantification of tissue morphology and tracer uptake in PET/MR images could streamline the analysis compared to traditional manual methods. To validate a single atlas image segmentation approach for automated assessment of tissue volume, fat content (FF) and glucose uptake (GU) from whole-body [18F]FDG-PET/MR images. Twelve subjects underwent whole-body [18F]FDG-PET/MRI during hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. Automated analysis of tissue volumes, FF and GU were achieved using image registration to a single atlas image with reference segmentations of 18 volume of interests (VOIs). Manual segmentations by an experienced radiologist were used as reference. Quantification accuracy was assessed with Dice scores, group comparisons and correlations. VOI Dice scores ranged from 0.93 to 0.32. Muscles, brain, VAT and liver showed the highest scores. Pancreas, large and small intestines demonstrated lower segmentation accuracy and poor correlations. Estimated tissue volumes differed significantly in 8 cases. Tissue FFs were often slightly but significantly overestimated. Satisfactory agreements were observed in most tissue GUs. Automated tissue identification and characterization using a single atlas segmentation performs well compared to manual segmentation in most tissues and will be valuable in future studies. In certain tissues, alternative quantification methods or improvements to the current approach is needed.


The segmentation procedure might cause error in diagnosing MR images due to the artifacts and noises that exist in it. This may lead to misclassifying normal tissue as abnormal tissue. In addition, it is also required to model the ontogenesis of a tumour, as they propagate at distinctive rates in contrast to their surroundings. Hence, it is still a challenging task to segment MR brain images due to possible noise presence, bias field and impact of partial volume. This article presents an efficient approach for segmenting MR brain images using a modified kernel based fuzzy clustering (MKFC) algorithm. In addition, this approach computes the weight of each picture element based on the local mutation coefficient (LMC). The proposed system would reflexively group normal tissues like white matter (WM), gray matter (GM) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) respectively, from abnormal tissue, such as a tumour region, in MR brain images. Simulation outcomes have shown that the performance of the proposed segmentation approach is superior to the existing segmentation algorithms in terms of both ocular and quantitative analysis


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yubing Tong ◽  
Jayaram K. Udupa ◽  
Dewey Odhner ◽  
Caiyun Wu ◽  
Yue Zhao ◽  
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