Longitudinal assessment of brain tumors using a repeatable prior-based segmentation

L. Weizman, L. Joskowicz, L. Ben-Sira, B. Shofty, S. Constantini, D. Ben-Bashat

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Abstract

This paper presents an automatic method for a repeatable, prior-based segmentation and classification of brain tumors in longitudinal MR scans. The method is designed to overcome the inter/intra observer variability and to provide a repeatable delineation of the tumor boundaries in a set of follow-up scans of the same patient. The method effectively incorporates manual delineation of the first scan in the time-series to segment and classify a series of follow-up scans. Experimental results on 16 datasets yield a mean surface distance error of 0.22mm and a mean volume overlap difference of 12.34% as compared to manual segmentation by an expert radiologist.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 8th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Nano to Macro, ISBI'11
Pages1733-1736
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 8th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI'11 - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: 30 Mar 20112 Apr 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Conference

Conference2011 8th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI'11
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period30/03/112/04/11

Keywords

  • MRI
  • brain tumor
  • follow-up
  • segmentation

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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