LATEST: Local AdapTivE and Sequential Training for tissue segmentation of isointense infant brain MR images

Li Wang, Yaozong Gao, Gang Li, Feng Shi, Weili Lin, Dinggang Shen

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Abstract

Accurate segmentation of isointense infant (~6 months of age) brain MRIs is of great importance, however, a very challenging task, due to extremely low tissue contrast caused by ongoing myelination processes. In this work, we propose a novel learning method based on Local AdapTivE and Sequential Training (LATEST) for segmentation. Specifically, random forest technique is employed to train a local classifier (a single decision tree) for each voxel in the common space based on the neighboring training samples from atlases. Then, for each given voxel, all trained nearby individual classifiers (decision trees) are grouped together to form a forest. Moreover, the estimated probabilities are further used as additional source images to train the next set of local classifiers for refining tissue classification. By iteratively training the subsequent classifiers based on the updated tissue probability maps, a sequence of local classifiers can be built for accurate tissue segmentation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Computer Vision and Bayesian and Graphical Models for Biomedical Imaging - MICCAI 2016 International Workshops, MCV and BAMBI, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsTal Arbel, Georg Langs, Mark Jenkinson, Bjoern Menze, William M. Wells III, Albert C.S. Chung, B. Michael Kelm, Weidong Cai, Albert Montillo, Dimitris Metaxas, M. Jorge Cardoso, Shaoting Zhang, Annemie Ribbens, Henning Muller
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages26-34
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319611877
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Workshop on Medical Computer Vision, MCV 2016, and of the International Workshop on Bayesian and grAphical Models for Biomedical Imaging, BAMBI 2016, held in conjunction with the 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2016 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 2016 Oct 212016 Oct 21

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10081 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

OtherInternational Workshop on Medical Computer Vision, MCV 2016, and of the International Workshop on Bayesian and grAphical Models for Biomedical Imaging, BAMBI 2016, held in conjunction with the 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2016
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period16/10/2116/10/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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