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Paper:	TH-PM-PS2.4
Session:	Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Time:	Thursday, April 6, 15:20 - 16:40
Presentation:	Poster
Title:	Segmentation of Anatomical Structure from DT-MRI
Authors:	Alberto Bartesaghi; University of Minnesota
	Mariappan Nadar; Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.
Abstract:	A general framework for the automatic segmentation of anatomical structures from Diffusion Tensor MRI is presented here. We adopt an energy based approach to segmentation assuming a piecewise-smooth image model that allows tensors to change orientation inside bundles, complemented by adequate modeling of image statistics. Energy minimization is carried out using a greedy region-growing algorithm that is both efficient and robust. Although the framework is general and any tensor metric is supported, we use a simplified tensor representation that adapts well to the DTI setting and further improves computational performance. Segmentation results are generated automatically from a single seed point as illustrated on several real and synthetic datasets.

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