Date-driven Based Image Enhancement for Segmenting of MS Lesions in T2-w and Flair MRI

Ziming Zeng, Zhonghua Han, Yitian Zhao, Reyer Zwiggelaar

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Abstract

This paper proposed a data-driven based image enhancement scheme to segment Multiple Sclerosis (MS) lesions. It utilizes a class-adaptive Gaussian Markov random field modelling (HMRF) and mutual information to automatic enhance the MS lesions. Then an alpha matting technique is used to refine the segmentation results. The advantages of the approach lies in its date-driven processing. It can automatically enhance the density of MS lesions, which is guided by calculating the mutual information value of the segmentation results in the successive steps. In addition, the partial volume effects are considered and the regions of interests are segmented in a sub-pixel precision. The experiments on real MR images show the proposed segmentation method can effectively segment MS lesions.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontier and Future Development of Information Technology in Medicine and Education, ITME 2013
Subtitle of host publicationITME 2013
EditorsShaozi Li, Qun Jin, Xiaohong Jiang, James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages2827-2832
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)978-94-007-7618-0
ISBN (Print)9789400776173
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume269 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Keywords

  • Date-driven
  • Enhancement
  • MS lesions
  • Mutual information
  • Segmentation

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