Abstract

We present a method based on deformable meshes for the reconstruction of the cortical surfaces of the developing human brain at the neonatal period. It employs a brain segmentation for the reconstruction of an initial inner cortical surface mesh. Errors in the segmentation resulting from poor tissue contrast in neonatal MRI and partial volume effects are subsequently accounted for by a local edge-based refinement. We show that the obtained surface models define the cortical boundaries more accurately than the segmentation. The surface meshes are further guaranteed to not intersect and subdivide the brain volume into disjoint regions. The proposed method generates topologically correct surfaces which facilitate both a flattening and spherical mapping of the cortex.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE 14th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2017
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages800-803
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509011711
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 19 Jun 2017
Event14th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2017 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 18 Apr 201721 Apr 2017

Conference

Conference14th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2017
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period18/04/201721/04/2017

Keywords

  • Cortex
  • Deformable
  • Neonatal
  • Surface

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