Brain segmentation performance using T1-weighted images versus T1 maps

Xiaoxing Li; Christopher Wyatt

doi:10.1117/12.844278

12 March 2010 Brain segmentation performance using T1-weighted images versus T1 maps

Xiaoxing Li, Christopher Wyatt

Proceedings Volume 7623, Medical Imaging 2010: Image Processing; 76233R (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.844278
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The recent driven equilibrium single-pulse observation of T1 (DESPOT1) approach permits real-time clinical acquisition of large-volume and high-isotropic-resolution T1 mapping of MR tissue parameters with improved uniformity. It is assumed that the quantitative nature of maps will facilitate clinical applications such as disease diagnosis and comparison across subjects. However, there is not yet enough quantitative evidence on the actual benefit of adopting T1 maps, especially in computer-aided medical image analysis tasks. In this study, we compare methods with respect to image types, T1-weighted images or T1 maps, in automatic brain MRI segmentation. Our experimental results demonstrate that, using T1 maps, different segmentation algorithms show better agreement with each other, compared to that from using T1-weighted images. Furthermore, through multi-dimensional-scaling projection, we are able to visualize the relative affinity among segmentation results, which reveals that the projections of those segmentations using two different types of input images tend to form two separate clusters. Finally, by comparing to expert segmented reference segmentation of brain sub-regions, our results clearly indicate a better agreement between the manual reference and those automatic ones on T1 maps. In other words, our study provides an evidence for the hypothesis that compared to the conventionally used T1-weighted images, T1 maps lead to improved reliability in automatic brain MRI segmentation task.

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Xiaoxing Li and Christopher Wyatt "Brain segmentation performance using T1-weighted images versus T1 maps", Proc. SPIE 7623, Medical Imaging 2010: Image Processing, 76233R (12 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.844278

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Image segmentation

Brain mapping

Brain

Image processing algorithms and systems

Expectation maximization algorithms

Neuroimaging

Scanning probe microscopy

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