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We introduce a conditional implicit neural atlas (CINA) for spatio-temporal atlas generation from Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) of the neurotypical and pathological fetal brain, that is fully independent of affine or non-rigid…

This paper presents an annotated dataset of brain MRI images designed to advance the field of brain symmetry study. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has gained interest in analyzing brain symmetry in neonatal infants, and challenges remain…

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Segmentation of the developing fetal brain is an important step in quantitative analyses. However, manual segmentation is a very time-consuming task which is prone to error and must be completed by highly specialized indi-viduals.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-15 Kelly Payette , Raimund Kottke , Andras Jakab

The fetal cortical plate undergoes drastic morphological changes throughout early in utero development that can be observed using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. An accurate MR image segmentation, and more importantly a topologically…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Priscille de Dumast , Hamza Kebiri , Chirine Atat , Vincent Dunet , Mériam Koob , Meritxell Bach Cuadra

Multi-atlas segmentation (MAS) is a promising framework for medical image segmentation. Generally, MAS methods register multiple atlases, i.e., medical images with corresponding labels, to a target image; and the transformed atlas labels…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-29 Wangbin Ding , Lei Li , Xiahai Zhuang , Liqin Huang

Precise 3D segmentation of infant brain tissues is an essential step towards comprehensive volumetric studies and quantitative analysis of early brain developement. However, computing such segmentations is very challenging, especially for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-12-20 Jose Dolz , Christian Desrosiers , Li Wang , Jing Yuan , Dinggang Shen , Ismail Ben Ayed

Automated medical image analysis has a significant value in diagnosis and treatment of lesions. Brain tumors segmentation has a special importance and difficulty due to the difference in appearances and shapes of the different tumor regions…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-18 Mina Rezaei , Konstantin Harmuth , Willi Gierke , Thomas Kellermeier , Martin Fischer , Haojin Yang , Christoph Meinel

Longitudinal fetal brain atlas is a powerful tool for understanding and characterizing the complex process of fetus brain development. Existing fetus brain atlases are typically constructed by averaged brain images on discrete time points…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-15 Lixuan Chen , Jiangjie Wu , Qing Wu , Hongjiang Wei , Yuyao Zhang

Segmentation and spatial alignment of ultrasound (US) imaging data acquired in the in first trimester are crucial for monitoring human embryonic growth and development throughout this crucial period of life. Current approaches are either…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-29 W. A. P. Bastiaansen , M. Rousian , R. P. M. Steegers-Theunissen , W. J. Niessen , A. H. J. Koning , S. Klein

We propose an unsupervised deep learning method for atlas based registration to achieve segmentation and spatial alignment of the embryonic brain in a single framework. Our approach consists of two sequential networks with a specifically…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-14 Wietske A. P. Bastiaansen , Melek Rousian , Régine P. M. Steegers-Theunissen , Wiro J. Niessen , Anton Koning , Stefan Klein

Large scale studies of group differences in healthy controls and patients and screenings for early stage disease prevention programs require processing and analysis of extensive multisubject datasets. Complexity of the task increases even…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-02 Alex Fedorov , Eswar Damaraju , Vince Calhoun , Sergey Plis

Fetal cortical plate segmentation is essential in quantitative analysis of fetal brain maturation and cortical folding. Manual segmentation of the cortical plate, or manual refinement of automatic segmentations is tedious and…

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Precise segmentation of brain structures in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is essential for reliable neuroimaging analysis, yet voxel-wise deep models often yield anatomically inconsistent results that diverge from expert-defined…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Ahmed Rekik , R. Jarrett Rushmore , Sylvain Bouix , Linda Marrakchi-Kacem

Whole brain segmentation from structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a prerequisite for most morphological analyses, but is computationally intense and can therefore delay the availability of image markers after scan acquisition. We…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-27 Abhijit Guha Roy , Sailesh Conjeti , Nassir Navab , Christian Wachinger

Segmentation of magnetic resonance images (MRI) facilitates analysis of human brain development by delineating anatomical structures. However, in infants and young children, accurate segmentation is challenging due to development and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Malte Hoffmann , Lilla Zöllei , Adrian V. Dalca

Quality assessment of prenatal ultrasonography is essential for the screening of fetal central nervous system (CNS) anomalies. The interpretation of fetal brain structures is highly subjective, expertise-driven, and requires years of…

Accurate segmentation of brain tissues such as gray matter and white matter from magnetic resonance imaging is essential for studying brain anatomy, diagnosing neurological disorders, and monitoring disease progression. Traditional methods,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Chang Sun , Rui Shi , Tsukasa Koike , Tetsuro Sekine , Akio Morita , Tetsuya Sakai

Two segmentation methods, one atlas-based and one neural-network-based, were compared to see how well they can each automatically segment the brain stem and cerebellum in Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echoes Magnetic Resonance…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-30 Elle Buser , Emma Hart , Ben Huenemann

Automatic neonatal brain tissue segmentation in preterm born infants is a prerequisite for evaluation of brain development. However, automatic segmentation is often hampered by motion artifacts caused by infant head movements during image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-12 N. Khalili , E. Turk , M. Zreik , M. A. Viergever , M. J. N. L. Benders , I. Isgum

In this study, we proposed and validated a multi-atlas guided 3D fully convolutional network (FCN) ensemble model (M-FCN) for segmenting brain regions of interest (ROIs) from structural magnetic resonance images (MRIs). One major limitation…

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