عنوان المقالة: Alpha Shape Theory for 3D Visualization and Volumetric Measurement of Brain Tumor Progression Using Magnetic Resonance Images

محمد صبيح حمود التميمي | Mohammed Sabbih Hamoud Al-Tamimi | 1241

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نوع النشر

مقال علمي

المؤلفون بالعربي

محمد صبيح حمود التميمي ، غزالي سولونج ، ابراهيم لطفي شهاب

المؤلفون بالإنجليزي

MOHAMMED SABBIH HAMOUD AL-TAMIMI , GHAZALI SULONG , Ibrahim Lutfi Shuaib

الملخص الانجليزي

Resection of brain tumors is a tricky task in surgery due to its direct influence on the patients' survival rate. Determining the tumour resection extent for its complete information via-à-vis volume and dimensions in pre- and post-operative Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) require accurate estimation and comparison. The active contour segmentation technique is used to segment brain tumors on pre-operative MR images using self-developed software. Tumor volume is acquired from its contours via alpha shape theory. The graphical user interface is developed for rendering, visualizing and estimating the volume of a brain tumor. Internet Brain Segmentation Repository dataset (IBSR) is employed to analyze and determine the repeatability and reproducibility of tumour volume. Accuracy of the method is validated by comparing the estimated volume using the proposed method with that of gold-standard. Segmentation by active contour technique is found to be capable of detecting the brain tumor boundaries. Furthermore, the volume description and visualization enable an interactive examination of tumor tissue and its surrounding. Admirable features of our results demonstrate that alpha shape theory in comparison to other existing standard methods is superior for precise volumetric measurement of tumor. Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier Inc

تاريخ النشر

01/03/2015

الناشر

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

رقم المجلد

33

رقم العدد

66

ISSN/ISBN

0730-725X

رابط DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2015.03.008

الصفحات

787-803

رابط خارجي

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274901301_Alpha_Shape_Theory_for_3D_Visualization_and_Volumetric_Measurement_of_Brain_Tumor_Progression_Using_Magnetic_Resonance_Images

الكلمات المفتاحية

Alpha shapes theory; Brain tumor; Visualization; Volumetric measurement; Segmentation