Consistency clustering: A robust algorithm for group-wise registration, segmentation and automatic atlas construction in diffusion MRI

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-290

  Ziyan, Ulas ^a   Sabuncu, Mert R ^a   Grimson, W Eric L ^a   Westin, Carl Fredrik ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical atlas; Clustering; Diffusion imaging; DTI; Segmentation; Tractography; White matter atlas

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL ATLAS; CLUSTERING; DIFFUSION IMAGING; DTI; SEGMENTATION; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER ATLAS;

DIFFUSION; LABELING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; TENSORS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 70349684897     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: 15731405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11263-009-0217-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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