Actual Midline Estimation from Brain CT Scan Using Multiple Regions Shape Matching

Computer assisted medical image processing can extract vital information that may be elusive to human eyes. In this paper, an algorithm is proposed to automatically estimate the position of the actual midline from the brain CT scans using multiple regions shape matching. The method matches feature points identified from a set of ventricle templates, extracted from MRI, with the corresponding feature points in the segmented ventricles from CT images. Then based on the matched feature points, the position of the actual midline is estimated. The proposed multiple regions shape matching algorithm addresses the deformation problem arising from the intrinsic multiple regions nature of the brain ventricles. Experiments on the CT scans from patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) show promising results, particularly the proposed algorithm proves to be quite robust.