A comparison of five free software solutions for generating realistic human head models from magnetic resonance imaging

Author

Habib, Mohammad Ashfak ; Ibrahim, Fatimah ; Mohktar, Mas S. ; Kheng Seang Lim ; Kamaruzzaman, Shahrul Bahyah

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A set of five free software solutions for generating realistic human head models from subject-specific MRI data are compared. Boundary Element Method (BEM) is used for realistic modelling. Software tools that can perform the MRI segmentation and can generate BEM surfaces or meshes for those segments are selected for comparison. Performances of those software tools are analysed and compared based on their declared characteristics and outcomes after real MRI data analysis. MRI scans of five different subjects are used for comparative analysis. Obtained results can assist the users in choosing the appropriate software tool that can meet their particular needs.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; boundary-elements methods; image segmentation; medical image processing; BEM; MRI segmentation; boundary element method; free software solutions; human head models; magnetic resonance imaging; BEM Mesh; EEG Source Localization; Realistic Head Model; Source Imaging; Source Reconstruction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Engineering and Technology (BICET 2014), 5th Brunei International Conference on

Print_ISBN

978-1-84919-991-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2014.1122

Filename

7120300