Three dimensional tissue classifications in MR brain images

Authors:
Runa Parveen;Cliff Ruff;Andrew Todd-Pokropek
Affiliations:
Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom;Department of Medical Physics, University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom;Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Venue:
CVAMIA'06 Proceedings of the Second ECCV international conference on Computer Vision Approaches to Medical Image Analysis
Year:
2006

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Abstract

This paper presents an algorithm for classifying different tissue types in T1-weighted MR brain images using fuzzy segmentation. The main aim in this study is to compensate for the blurring effect on tissue boundaries due to partial volume effects. This paper is organized as follows: first, an adaptive greedy contour model has been developed to separate the intracranial volume (ICV) from the scalp and skull. Second, in order to deal with the problem of the partial volume effect, an algorithm for fuzzy segmentation is presented which has integrated fuzzy spatial affinity with statistical distributions of image intensities for each of the three tissues – cerebrospinal fluid, white matter and grey matter. This algorithm is tested on well-established simulated MR brain volumes to generate an extensive quantitative comparison with different noise levels and different slice thicknesses ranging from 1mm to 5mm. Finally, the results of this algorithm on clinical MR brain images are demonstrated.