Modeling of anatomical information in clustering of white matter fiber trajectories using Dirichlet distribution

• Published in: 2008 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops Vol. 2008; pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Maddah, M., Zollei, L., Grimson, W.E.L., Wells, W.M.
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 15.07.2008
• Subjects: Appropriate technology; Artificial intelligence; Clustering algorithms; Computer science; Diffusion tensor imaging; Hospitals; Laboratories; Surgery; Technology planning; Trajectory

In this work, we describe a white matter trajectory clustering algorithm that allows for incorporating and appropriately weighting anatomical information. The influence of the anatomical prior reflects confidence in its accuracy and relevance. It can either be defined by the user or it can be inferr...