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ArticleComputational and mathematical methods in medicine2017

Level Set Based Hippocampus Segmentation in MR Images with Improved Initialization Using Region Growing.

Xiaoliang Jiang, Zhaozhong Zhou, Xiaokang Ding, Xiaolei Deng, Ling Zou, Bailin Li

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Article in Computational and mathematical methods in medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Xiaoliang JiangCollege of Mechanical Engineering, Quzhou University, Quzhou, Zhejiang 324000, China; College of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2695-8586
Zhaozhong ZhouCollege of Mechanical Engineering, Quzhou University, Quzhou, Zhejiang 324000, China.
Xiaokang DingCollege of Mechanical Engineering, Quzhou University, Quzhou, Zhejiang 324000, China.
Xiaolei DengCollege of Mechanical Engineering, Quzhou University, Quzhou, Zhejiang 324000, China.
Ling ZouDepartment of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China.
Bailin LiCollege of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China.
Quzhou University · CNSichuan University · CNSouthwest Jiaotong University · CN

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Abstract

The hippocampus has been known as one of the most important structures referred to as Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders. However, segmentation of the hippocampus from MR images is still a challenging task due to its small size, complex shape, low contrast, and discontinuous boundaries. For the accurate and efficient detection of the hippocampus, a new image segmentation method based on adaptive region growing and level set algorithm is proposed. Firstly, adaptive region growing and morphological operations are performed in the target regions and its output is used for the initial contour of level set evolution method. Then, an improved edge-based level set method utilizing global Gaussian distributions with different means and variances is developed to implement the accurate segmentation. Finally, gradient descent method is adopted to get the minimization of the energy equation. As proved by experiment results, the proposed method can ideally extract the contours of the hippocampus that are very close to manual segmentation drawn by specialists.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingAlgorithmsAlzheimer DiseaseBrain MappingHippocampusHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMedical InformaticsModels, StatisticalNormal DistributionSoftware

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