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ArticleBMC medical imaging2019

Automatic glioma segmentation based on adaptive superpixel.

Yaping Wu, Zhe Zhao, Weiguo Wu, Yusong Lin, Meiyun Wang

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Yaping WuSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China.
Zhe ZhaoCollaborative Innovation Center for Internet Healthcare & School of Software and Applied Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China.
Weiguo WuSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China. wgwu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn.
Yusong LinCollaborative Innovation Center for Internet Healthcare & School of Software and Applied Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China.
Meiyun WangDepartment of Radiology, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450003, Henan, China.

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Abstract

backgroundThe automatic glioma segmentation is of great significance for clinical practice. This study aims to propose an automatic method based on superpixel for glioma segmentation from the T2 weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

methodsThe proposed method mainly includes three steps. First, we propose an adaptive superpixel generation algorithm based on simple linear iterative clustering version with 0 parameter (ASLIC0). This algorithm can acquire a superpixel image with fewer superpixels and better fit the boundary of region of interest (ROI) by automatically selecting the optimal number of superpixels. Second, we compose a training set by calculating the statistical, texture, curvature and fractal features for each superpixel. Third, Support Vector Machine (SVM) is used to train classification model based on the features of the second step.

resultsThe experimental results on Multimodal Brain Tumor Image Segmentation Benchmark 2017 (BraTS2017) show that the proposed method has good segmentation performance. The average Dice, Hausdorff distance, sensitivity, and specificity for the segmented tumor against the ground truth are 0.8492, 3.4697 pixels, 81.47, and 99.64%, respectively. The proposed method shows good stability on high- and low-grade glioma samples. Comparative experimental results show that the proposed method has superior performance.

conclusionsThis provides a close match to expert delineation across all grades of glioma, leading to a fast and reproducible method of glioma segmentation.

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Brain NeoplasmsGliomaHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeoplasm GradingSensitivity and SpecificitySupport Vector MachineGlioma segmentationMachine learningMedical image processingMRISuperpixel

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PMCPMC6708204

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