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MeshMed 2012: Mesh Processing in Medical Image Analysis 2012 pp 134–146Cite as

Simplified Reeb Graph as Effective Shape Descriptor for the Striatum

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In this work, we present a novel image and mesh processing pipeline for the computation of simplified Reeb graphs for closed triangle meshes of the human striatum extracted from 3D-T1 weighted MR images. The method uses active contours for computing the mesh partition and the simplified Reeb graph. Experimental results showed that simplified Reeb graphs, as obtained by our pipeline, provide an intrinsic, effective, and stable descriptor of striatal shapes to be used as an automatic tool for inter-subject mesh registration, mesh decomposition, and striatal shapes comparison. Particularly, the nodes of simplified Reeb graphs proved to be robust landmarks to guide the mesh registration. The quality of the inter-subject mesh registration obtained by the use of simplified Reeb graphs slightly outperformed the one obtained by surface-based registration techniques. In addition, we show the stability of the resulting mesh decomposition, and we propose its use as an automatic alternative to the manual sub-segmentation of the striatum. Finally we show some preliminary results on the inter-group comparisons among neuroleptic-naive schizophrenic patients and matched controls.

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  1. Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 553, 33101, Tampere, Finland

    Antonietta Pepe & Jussi Tohka

  2. Universitá di Pavia, via Ferrata 1, Pavia, Italy

    Laura Brandolini & Marco Piastra

  3. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O. Box 1300, FIN-33101, Tampere, Finland

    Juha Koikkalainen

  4. University of Turku, FIN-20700, Turku, Finland

    Jarmo Hietala

  5. Turku PET Centre, Finland

    Jarmo Hietala

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Pepe, A., Brandolini, L., Piastra, M., Koikkalainen, J., Hietala, J., Tohka, J. (2012). Simplified Reeb Graph as Effective Shape Descriptor for the Striatum. In: Levine, J.A., Paulsen, R.R., Zhang, Y. (eds) Mesh Processing in Medical Image Analysis 2012. MeshMed 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7599. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33463-4_14

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