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Automatic Segmentation of MR Brain Images With a Convolutional Neural Network

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Moeskops, Pim, Viergever, Max A., Mendrik, Adrienne M., de Vries, Linda S., Benders, Manon J. N. L., Isgum, Ivana·2016·IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

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Automatic segmentation in MR brain images is important for quantitative analysis in large-scale studies with images acquired at all ages. This paper presents a method for the automatic segmentation of MR brain images into a number of tissue classes using a convolutional neural network. To ensure that the method obtains accurate segmentation details as well as spatial consistency, the network uses multiple patch sizes and multiple convolution kernel sizes to acquire multi-scale information about each voxel. The method is not dependent on explicit features, but learns to recognise the information that is important for the classification based on training data. The method requires a single anatomical MR image only. The segmentation method is applied to five different data sets: coronal T2-weighted images of preterm infants acquired at 30 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA) and 40 weeks PMA, axial T2-weighted images of preterm infants acquired at 40 weeks PMA, axial T1-weighted images of ageing adults acquired at an average age of 70 years, and T1-weighted images of young adults acquired at an average age of 23 years. The method obtained the following average Dice coefficients over all segmented tissue classes for each data set, respectively: 0.87, 0.82, 0.84, 0.86, and 0.91. The results demonstrate that the method obtains accurate segmentations in all five sets, and hence demonstrates its robustness to differences in age and acquisition protocol.

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  • Moeskops et al.'s algorithm has Dice coefficients in the range of 0.82-0.87 and achieved satisfactory accuracy.

    “In general, the algorithm has Dice coefficients in the range of 0.82–0.87 and achieved a satisfactory accuracy.”

    From Review of deep learning: concepts, CNN architectures, challenges, applications, future directions (2021) · cites this paper as [303]

    The Discussion (page unavailable) describes the method’s segmentations as accurate and reports an average Dice coefficient of 0.87 for images acquired at 30 weeks PMA. The passages in our copy do not establish 0.82–0.87 as a general range for the algorithm; the Discussion also reports 0.90–0.91 for young-adult images and notes an exception for neonatal mWM. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Moeskops et al. employed three parallel-running CNNs for segmenting and classifying MRI brain images into tissue categories such as cerebrospinal fluid, grey matter, and white matter.

    “Moeskops et al. [303] employed three parallel-running CNNs, each of which had a 2D input patch of dissimilar size, for segmenting and classifying MRI brain images. These images, which include 35 adults and 22 pre-term infants, were classified into various tissue categories such as cerebrospinal fluid, grey matter, and white matter.”
  • The proposed system performs better in classifying organs when applied to multimodal data.

    “The proposed system performs better in classifying organs when applied to multimodal data.”
  • The system trained in [43] is on a different set of image collection.

    “the system trained in [43] is on a different set of image collection”
  • The high accuracy achieved by the proposed system demonstrates the efficacy of the method in the classification task.

    “Although the system trained in [43] is on a different set of image collection, but the high accuracy achieved by our proposed system demonstrates the efficacy of the method in the classification task.”

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Authors
Moeskops, P., Viergever, M. A., Mendrik, A. M., de Vries, L. S., Benders, M. J. N. L., & Isgum, I.
Affiliations
University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
Venue
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
Published
2016-05
Volume
35
Issue
5
Pages
1252-1261
ISSN
  • 0278-0062 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-254X
OpenAlex
W2332066482
Cited by
861
References
44
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 62 · 2022: 90 · 2021: 122 · 2020: 131 · 2019: 165 · 2018: 102 · 2017: 75 · 2016: 8
FWCI
79.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • TU/e Research Portal (publishedVersion)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • TU/e Research Portal (submittedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
Nvidia
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Medical Image Segmentation Techniques
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Brain Tumor Detection and Classification
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Advanced Neural Network Applications
Keywords
brain tissue segmentation, MR brain images, convolutional neural networks, multi-scale convolution, preterm infants, T2-weighted imaging, T1-weighted imaging, older adults, spatial consistency
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Adult, Aged, Brain, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Premature, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neural Networks, Computer, Young Adult

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