Title :
Continuous label Bayesian segmentation, applications to medical brain images
Author :
Aurdal, Lars ; Bloch, Isabelle ; Maître, Henri ; Graffigne, Christine ; Adamsbaum, Catherine
Author_Institution :
Dept. IMA ENST, CNRS, Paris, France
Abstract :
Continuous label segmentation approaches have recently attracted much interest as they provide a formalism for handling image artifacts due to the partial volume effect which is common in for instance medical images. Here, the authors propose a new approach to this type of segmentation. Their work represents an extension of the now classic Markovian Bayesian discrete label segmentation approaches and provides good results on synthetic images simulating the presence of partial volumes as well as on real patient MR images
Keywords :
Bayes methods; biomedical NMR; brain; image segmentation; medical image processing; MRI; classic Markovian Bayesian discrete label segmentation approaches; continuous label Bayesian segmentation; magnetic resonance imaging; medical diagnostic imaging; partial volume effect; partial volumes; real patient MR images; synthetic images; Bayesian methods; Biomedical imaging; Brain; Councils; Gaussian noise; Image segmentation; Medical simulation; Pixel; Thickness measurement; Volume measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing, 1997. Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Santa Barbara, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8183-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.1997.638690