Title :
Iterative spatial sectoring algorithm: A computer based approach to determining area of irregular closed space and tumor volume
Author :
Aboaba, Abdulfattah A. ; Hameed, Shihab A. ; Khalifa, Othman O. ; Abdalla, Aisha H. ; Harun, Rahmat H. ; Zain, Nurzaini Rose Mohd
Abstract :
Measuring the properties of regular shapes like triangles, parallelogram, and geometric figures like circle, and spheres have well established methods and formulae. On the contrary, measuring the parameters of irregular shapes and particularly area of irregular closed space with snaky or wobbled edge is yet to have a definitive and assured approach, thus, measuring the parameters of such shape relies on approximation methods. The approximation made at the stage of finding the area would affect the determination of brain tumor volume and shape when it is eventually used in its calculation. The Iterative Spatial Sectoring algorithm presented in this paper is the stepwise approach of a novel idea leading to precise determination of area of irregular snaky edged close space. It is a promising technique based on preliminary manual test.
Keywords :
brain; computational geometry; iterative methods; medical computing; tumours; approximation methods; brain tumor volume; computer based approach; geometric figures; irregular closed space; irregular snaky edged close space; iterative spatial sectoring algorithm; parallelogram; wobbled edge; Approximation methods; Area measurement; Convergence; Iterative methods; Shape; Tumors; Brain tumor volume and shape; Irregular shape/ Snaky edged space; Iterative spatial sectoring algorithm; approximation methods; precise determination of snaky/ wobbled edged close space;
Conference_Titel :
National Postgraduate Conference (NPC), 2011
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1882-3
DOI :
10.1109/NatPC.2011.6136298