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Spatial decision forests for MS lesion segmentation in multi-channel MR images

  • Ezequiel Geremia
  • , Bjoern H. Menze
  • , Olivier Clatz
  • , Ender Konukoglu
  • , Antonio Criminisi
  • , Nicholas Ayache
  • I.N.R.I.A.
  • Microsoft Research Cambridge
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Abstract

A new algorithm is presented for the automatic segmentation of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) lesions in 3D MR images. It builds on the discriminative random decision forest framework to provide a voxel-wise probabilistic classification of the volume. Our method uses multi-channel MR intensities (T1, T2, Flair), spatial prior and long-range comparisons with 3D regions to discriminate lesions. A symmetry feature is introduced accounting for the fact that some MS lesions tend to develop in an asymmetric way. Quantitative evaluation of the data is carried out on publicly available labeled cases from the MS Lesion Segmentation Challenge 2008 dataset and demonstrates improved results over the state of the art.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI2010 - 13th International Conference, Proceedings
Pages111-118
Number of pages8
EditionPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2010 - Beijing, China
Duration: 20 Sep 201024 Sep 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 1
Volume6361 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period20/09/1024/09/10

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