Segmenting magnetic resonance images via hierarchical mixture modelling

  • Authors:
  • Carey E. Priebe;Michael I. Miller;J. Tilak Ratnanather

  • Affiliations:
  • Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA;Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA;Center for Imaging Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

  • Venue:
  • Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

We present a statistically innovative as well as scientifically and practically relevant method for automatically segmenting magnetic resonance images using hierarchical mixture models. Our method is a general tool for automated cortical analysis which promises to contribute substantially to the science of neuropsychiatry. We demonstrate that our method has advantages over competing approaches on a magnetic resonance brain imagery segmentation task.