A review of atlas-based segmentation for magnetic resonance brain images

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Cabezas, Mariano ^a,c   Oliver, Arnau ^a   Lladó, Xavier ^a   Freixenet, Jordi ^a   Bach Cuadra, Meritxell ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atlas; Automated methods; Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ATLAS; ATLAS CONSTRUCTION; ATLAS-BASED METHODS; ATLAS-BASED SEGMENTATION; AUTOMATED APPROACH; AUTOMATED METHODS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; INTENSITY IMAGES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LABEL PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE BRAIN IMAGES; PROBABILISTIC TECHNIQUE; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; REGISTRATION ALGORITHMS; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; SEGMENTED IMAGES; TARGET IMAGES; TISSUE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE MATCHING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUERY PROCESSING; RESONANCE; TISSUE;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PUTAMEN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBABILITY;

EID: 80655149028     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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