Semi-automatic lymph node segmentation in LN-MRI

G. Unal*, G. Slabaugh, A. Ess, A. Yezzi, T. Fang, J. Tyan, M. Requardt, R. Krieg, R. Seethamraju, M. Harisinghani, R. Weissleder

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Abstract

Accurate staging of nodal cancer still relies on surgical exploration because many primary malignancies spread via lymphatic dissemination. The purpose of this study was to utilize nanoparticle-enhanced lymphotropic magnetic resonance imaging (LN-MRI) to explore semi-automated noninvasive nodal cancer staging. We present a joint image segmentation and registration approach, which makes use of the problem specific information to increase the robustness of the algorithm to noise and weak contrast often observed in medical imaging applications. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated with a given lymph node segmentation problem in post-contrast pelvic MRI sequences.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2006 - Proceedings
Pages77-80
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event2006 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2006 - Atlanta, GA, United States
Duration: 8 Oct 200611 Oct 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
ISSN (Print)1522-4880

Conference

Conference2006 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta, GA
Period8/10/0611/10/06

Keywords

  • Biomedical image processing
  • Biomedical magnetic resonance imaging
  • Image segmentation
  • Medical diagnosis

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