CENTS: Cortical enhanced neonatal tissue segmentation

• Published in: Human brain mapping Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 382 - 396
• Main Authors: Shi, Feng, Shen, Dinggang, Yap, Pew-Thian, Fan, Yong, Cheng, Jie-Zhi, An, Hongyu, Wald, Lawrence L., Gerig, Guido, Gilmore, John H., Lin, Weili
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.03.2011; Wiley-Liss; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Algorithms; atlas construction; Biological and medical sciences; Brain - anatomy & histology; Brain - physiology; Brain Mapping; Electrocardiography. Vectocardiography; Electrodiagnosis. Electric activity recording; Female; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; neonatal segmentation; Nervous system; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; subject-specific atlas; tissue segmentation; Human; atlas construction; Atlas; Neonatal; Nervous system diseases; Newborn; Radiodiagnosis; Segmentation; Image processing; neonatal segmentation; subject-specific atlas; tissue segmentation

The acquisition of high‐quality magnetic resonance (MR) images of neonatal brains is largely hampered by their characteristically small head size and insufficient tissue contrast. As a result, subsequent image processing and analysis, especially brain tissue segmentation, are often affected. To over...