A framework for probabilistic atlas-based organ segmentation

Chunhua Dong; Yen-Wei Chen; Amir Hossein Foruzan; Xian-Hua Han; Tomoko Tateyama; Xing Wu

doi:10.1117/12.2217340

21 March 2016 A framework for probabilistic atlas-based organ segmentation

Chunhua Dong, Yen-Wei Chen, Amir Hossein Foruzan, Xian-Hua Han, Tomoko Tateyama, Xing Wu

Proceedings Volume 9784, Medical Imaging 2016: Image Processing; 97842X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217340
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Probabilistic atlas based on human anatomical structure has been widely used for organ segmentation. The challenge is how to register the probabilistic atlas to the patient volume. Additionally, there is the disadvantage that the conventional probabilistic atlas may cause a bias toward the specific patient study due to a single reference. Hence, we propose a template matching framework based on an iterative probabilistic atlas for organ segmentation. Firstly, we find a bounding box for the organ based on human anatomical localization. Then, the probabilistic atlas is used as a template to find the organ in this bounding box by using template matching technology. Comparing our method with conventional and recently developed atlas-based methods, our results show an improvement in the segmentation accuracy for multiple organs (p < 0:00001).

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Chunhua Dong, Yen-Wei Chen, Amir Hossein Foruzan, Xian-Hua Han, Tomoko Tateyama, and Xing Wu "A framework for probabilistic atlas-based organ segmentation", Proc. SPIE 9784, Medical Imaging 2016: Image Processing, 97842X (21 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217340

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