Individualizing neuro-anatomical atlases using a massively parallel computer

Author

Christensen, Gary E. ; Miller, Micliael I. ; Vannier, Michael W. ; Grenander, Ulf

Author_Institution

Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis, MO, USA

Volume

29

Issue

1

fYear

1996

fDate

1/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

38

Abstract

An anatomical atlas is an annotated volume of images, charts or tables that systematically illustrate an anatomical part. Atlas annotations often include structure names, descriptions, locations and functions, as well as other information specific to the atlas anatomy. Individualized digital atlases can be generated by using a computer to transform the shape of the atlas into the shape of images taken of the individual. Generalized electronic atlases of the head, created from MRI scans and labeled by experts, are currently available. The algorithms in this research create individualized, subject-specific atlases

Keywords

biomedical NMR; medical image processing; neurophysiology; parallel processing; MRI scans; anatomical functions; anatomical parts; annotated volume; charts; descriptions; head; individualized neuro-anatomical atlases; locations; magnetic resonance images; massively parallel computer; structure names; subject-specific atlases; tables; Anatomical structure; Anatomy; Computed tomography; Concurrent computing; Head; Image segmentation; Labeling; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mathematical model; Positron emission tomography; Shape;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.481434

Filename

481434