3D VISUALIZATION AND SEGMENTATION OF BRAIN MRI DATA

Konstantin Levinski, Alexei Sourin, Vitali Zagorodnov

2009

Abstract

Automatic segmentation of brain MRI data usually leaves some segmentation errors behind that are to be subsequently removed interactively using computer graphics tools. This interactive removal is normally performed by operating on individual 2D slices. It is very tedious and still leaves some segmentation errors which are not visible on the slices. We have proposed to perform a novel 3D interactive correction of brain segmentation errors introduced by the fully automatic segmentation algorithms. We have developed the tool which is based on a 3D semi-automatic propagation algorithm. The paper describes the implementation principles of the proposed tool and illustrates its application.

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in Harvard Style

Levinski K., Sourin A. and Zagorodnov V. (2009). 3D VISUALIZATION AND SEGMENTATION OF BRAIN MRI DATA . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-67-8, pages 111-118. DOI: 10.5220/0001657101110118


in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp09,
author={Konstantin Levinski and Alexei Sourin and Vitali Zagorodnov},
title={3D VISUALIZATION AND SEGMENTATION OF BRAIN MRI DATA},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={111-118},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001657101110118},
isbn={978-989-8111-67-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)
TI - 3D VISUALIZATION AND SEGMENTATION OF BRAIN MRI DATA
SN - 978-989-8111-67-8
AU - Levinski K.
AU - Sourin A.
AU - Zagorodnov V.
PY - 2009
SP - 111
EP - 118
DO - 10.5220/0001657101110118