Novel Multimodal Atlas Template for Spatial Normalization of Whole-Brain Images of Newborns - 17/03/17
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• | The results of our research in the field of neonatal MR and CT brain atlases have been represented in the paper. |
• | Two consistent MR and CT atlases have been constructed using T1-weighted MR and CT brain scans captured from newborns with 39–42 weeks GA. |
• | The atlases have been evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively, for instance through the assessment of the anatomical local deviations. |
• | Our results could contribute to the improvement of the diagnosis of neonatal brain diseases. |
Abstract |
Due to the complications of the brain study in the first two years of life, the investigations conducted in the field of neonatal brain are limited. An efficient means for obtaining information about the neonatal brain is the brain template. In this paper, we represent the results of our research in the field of MR and CT atlas templates. At first, we construct a new MR atlas by utilizing a set of high-resolution T1-weighted MR images captured from a group of newborns with the gestational ages of 39 to 42 weeks at the examination date. Afterwards, we construct an original CT template, which is practically consistent with the MR atlas, by utilizing a set of high-resolution CT images captured from a group of newborns with the identical gestational ages. In spite of multifarious clinical applications, no modern CT template had been proposed to facilitate the normalization of neonatal CT images before we concentrated on providing the neonatal CT atlas. The developed atlases are evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively, for instance through the visual inspection and assessment of the anatomical local deviations. At the presence of both MR and CT modalities, further improvement could be attained in the medical diagnoses by the simultaneous utilization of the presented templates.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Computed tomography scans, Magnetic resonance images, Neonatal template, Probabilistic atlas, Spatial normalization
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Vol 37 - N° 5-6
P. 254-263 - novembre 2016 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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