Fast multiple organ detection and localization in whole-body MR dixon sequences

Olivier Pauly, Ben Glocker, Antonio Criminisi, Diana Mateus, Axel Martinez Möller, Stephan Nekolla, Nassir Navab

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Abstract

Automatic localization of multiple anatomical structures in medical images provides important semantic information with potential benefits to diverse clinical applications. Aiming at organ-specific attenuation correction in PET/MR imaging, we propose an efficient approach for estimating location and size of multiple anatomical structures in MR scans. Our contribution is three-fold: (1) we apply supervised regression techniques to the problem of anatomy detection and localization in whole-body MR, (2) we adapt random ferns to produce multi-dimensional regression output and compare them with random regression forests, and (3) introduce the use of 3D LBP descriptors in multi-channel MR Dixon sequences. The localization accuracy achieved with both fern- and forest-based approaches is evaluated by direct comparison with state of the art atlas-based registration, on ground-truth data from 33 patients. Our results demonstrate improved anatomy localization accuracy with higher efficiency and robustness.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011 - 14th International Conference, Proceedings
Pages239-247
Number of pages9
EditionPART 3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011 - Toronto, ON, Canada
Duration: 18 Sep 201122 Sep 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 3
Volume6893 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto, ON
Period18/09/1122/09/11

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