@inproceedings{338c8012ee394d68a0d7abad283f6960,
title = "Coupled nonparametric shape priors for segmentation of multiple basal ganglia structures",
abstract = "This paper presents a new method for multiple structure segmentation, using a maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation framework, based on prior shape densities involving nonparametric multivariate kernel density estimation of multiple shapes. Our method is motivated by the observation that neighboring or coupling structures in medical images generate configurations and co-dependencies which could potentially aid in segmentation if properly exploited. Our technique allows simultaneous segmentation of multiple objects, where highly contrasted, easy-to-segment structures can help improve the segmentation of weakly contrasted objects. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method on both synthetic images and real magnetic resonance images (MRI) for segmentation of basal ganglia structures.",
keywords = "Basal ganglia, Brain, Curve evolution, MRI, Multi object image segmentation, Nonparametric shape density, Shape priors",
author = "Gokhan Uzunbas and Mujdat Cetin and Gozde Unal and Aytul Ercil",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1109/ISBI.2008.4540971",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781424420032",
series = "2008 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, Proceedings, ISBI",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "217--220",
booktitle = "2008 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging",
address = "United States",
note = "5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2008 ; Conference date: 14-05-2008 Through 17-05-2008",
}