Robust partial-volume tissue classification of cerebral MRI scans

Lucien Nocera; James C. Gee

doi:10.1117/12.274118

25 April 1997 Robust partial-volume tissue classification of cerebral MRI scans

Lucien Nocera, James C. Gee

Proceedings Volume 3034, Medical Imaging 1997: Image Processing; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274118
Event: Medical Imaging 1997, 1997, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

In magnetic resonance images (MRI) a voxel may contain multiple tissue types (partial volume effect). We concentrate in the classification of these voxels using an adaptive Bayesian approach and pay particular attention to practical implementation problems induced by the modeling of partial volume voxels. Moreover, we show that this algorithm is suitable to perform tissue classification of brain MRI scans that in turn can be used for visualization or quantitative analysis, or for further purposes such as brain image registration. Results are presented showing the efficacy of the method as compared to a binary classification process.

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Lucien Nocera and James C. Gee "Robust partial-volume tissue classification of cerebral MRI scans", Proc. SPIE 3034, Medical Imaging 1997: Image Processing, (25 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274118

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