Title :
Fractal dimension as a symmetry measure in 3D brain MRI analysis
Author :
Jayasuriya, Surani Anuradha ; Liew, Alan Wee-chung
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Griffith Univ., Southport, QLD, Australia
Abstract :
In brain image analysis, the automatic identification of symmetry plane has various applications. This paper presents a new method that uses the concept of fractal dimension as a quantitative measure for identifying symmetry plane in three-dimensional (3D) brain magnetic resonance (MR) images. The method was tested on various 3D MRI datasets. Robust and accurate results were obtained in our experiments.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; brain; fractals; medical image processing; 3D brain MRI analysis; 3D brain magnetic resonance image; automatic symmetry plane identification; brain image analysis; fractal dimension; quantitative measure; symmetry measure; Abstracts; Fractals; Brain symmetry; Fractal Dimension; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mid-sagittal plane;
Conference_Titel :
Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1484-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICMLC.2012.6359511
