Computerized segmentation algorithm with personalized atlases of murine MRIs in a SV40 large T-antigen mouse mammary cancer model

Adam R. Sibley; Erica Markiewicz; Devkumar Mustafi; Xiaobing Fan; Suzanne Conzen; Greg Karczmar; Maryellen L. Giger

doi:10.1117/12.2217425

29 March 2016 Computerized segmentation algorithm with personalized atlases of murine MRIs in a SV40 large T-antigen mouse mammary cancer model

Adam R. Sibley, Erica Markiewicz, Devkumar Mustafi, Xiaobing Fan, Suzanne Conzen, Greg Karczmar, Maryellen L. Giger

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Proceedings Volume 9788, Medical Imaging 2016: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 97882M (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217425
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

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Quantities of MRI data, much larger than can be objectively and efficiently analyzed manually, are routinely generated in preclinical research. We aim to develop an automated image segmentation and registration pipeline to aid in analysis of image data from our high-throughput 9.4 Tesla small animal MRI imaging center. T2-weighted, fat-suppressed MRIs were acquired over 4 life-cycle time-points [up to 12 to 18 weeks] of twelve C3(1) SV40 Large T-antigen mice for a total of 46 T2-weighted MRI volumes; each with a matrix size of 192 x 256, 62 slices, in plane resolution 0.1 mm, and slice thickness 0.5 mm. These image sets were acquired with the goal of tracking and quantifying progression of mammary intraepithelial neoplasia (MIN) to invasive cancer in mice, believed to be similar to ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in humans. Our segmentation algorithm takes 2D seed-points drawn by the user at the center of the 4 co-registered volumes associated with each mouse. The level set then evolves in 3D from these 2D seeds. The contour evolution incorporates texture information, edge information, and a statistical shape model in a two-step process. Volumetric DICE coefficients comparing the automatic with manual segmentations were computed and ranged between 0.75 and 0.58 for averages over the 4 life-cycle time points of the mice. Incorporation of these personalized atlases with intra and inter mouse registration is expected to enable locally and globally tracking of the morphological and textural changes in the mammary tissue and associated lesions of these mice.

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Adam R. Sibley, Erica Markiewicz, Devkumar Mustafi, Xiaobing Fan, Suzanne Conzen, Greg Karczmar, and Maryellen L. Giger "Computerized segmentation algorithm with personalized atlases of murine MRIs in a SV40 large T-antigen mouse mammary cancer model", Proc. SPIE 9788, Medical Imaging 2016: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 97882M (29 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2217425

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Image segmentation

Magnetic resonance imaging

Mammary gland

Cancer

Tumor growth modeling

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Breast cancer

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