Automatic Identification of Landmarks for Standard Slice Positioning in Brain MRI

Iskurt A., BECERİKLİ Y., MAHMUTYAZICIOĞLU K.

JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, vol.34, no.3, pp.499-510, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1002/jmri.22717
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.499-510
  • Keywords: landmarks, slice-positioning, segmentation, brain MRI, standardization, PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, MAGNETIC-RESONANCE IMAGES, MIDBRAIN ATROPHY, REGISTRATION, HEAD
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: To demonstrate a novel automatic slice-positioning technique based on three new anatomical landmarks and to standardize prospective scans by lowering rotational and translational variances.