Quantifying brain development in early childhood using segmentation and registration

P. Aljabar, K. K. Bhatia, M. Murgasova, J. V. Hajnal, J. P. Boardman, L. Srinivasan, M. A. Rutherford, L. E. Dyet, A. D. Edwards, D. Rueckert

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Abstract

In this work we obtain estimates of tissue growth using longitudinal data comprising MR brain images of 25 preterm children scanned at one and two years. The growth estimates are obtained using segmentation and registration based methods. The segmentation approach used an expectation maximisation (EM) method to classify tissue types and the registration approach used tensor based morphometry (TBM) applied to a free form deformation (FFD) model. The two methods show very good agreement indicating that the registration and segmentation approaches can be used interchangeably. The advantage of the registration based method, however, is that it can provide more local estimates of tissue growth. This is the first longitudinal study of growth in early childhood, previous longitudinal studies have focussed on later periods during childhood.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Imaging 2007
Subtitle of host publicationImage Processing
EditionPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventMedical Imaging 2007: Image Processing - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 18 Feb 200720 Feb 2007

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
NumberPART 1
Volume6512
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceMedical Imaging 2007: Image Processing
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period18/02/0720/02/07

Keywords

  • Growth
  • Registration
  • Segmentation

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