Journal article
Preliminary analysis using multi-atlas labeling algorithms for tracing longitudinal change
Frontiers in neuroscience, Vol.9, pp.242-242
2015
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00242
PMCID: PMC4500912
PMID: 26236182
Abstract
Multicenter longitudinal neuroimaging has great potential to provide efficient and consistent biomarkers for research of neurodegenerative diseases and aging. In rare disease studies it is of primary importance to have a reliable tool that performs consistently for data from many different collection sites to increase study power. A multi-atlas labeling algorithm is a powerful brain image segmentation approach that is becoming increasingly popular in image processing. The present study examined the performance of multi-atlas labeling tools for subcortical identification using two types of in-vivo image database: Traveling Human Phantom (THP) and PREDICT-HD. We compared the accuracy (Dice Similarity Coefficient; DSC and intraclass correlation; ICC), multicenter reliability (Coefficient of Variance; CV), and longitudinal reliability (volume trajectory smoothness and Akaike Information Criterion; AIC) of three automated segmentation approaches: two multi-atlas labeling tools, MABMIS and MALF, and a machine-learning-based tool, BRAINSCut. In general, MALF showed the best performance (higher DSC, ICC, lower CV, AIC, and smoother trajectory) with a couple of exceptions. First, the results of accumben, where BRAINSCut showed higher reliability, were still premature to discuss their reliability levels since their validity is still in doubt (DSC < 0.7, ICC < 0.7). For caudate, BRAINSCut presented slightly better accuracy while MALF showed significantly smoother longitudinal trajectory. We discuss advantages and limitations of these performance variations and conclude that improved segmentation quality can be achieved using multi-atlas labeling methods. While multi-atlas labeling methods are likely to help improve overall segmentation quality, caution has to be taken when one chooses an approach, as our results suggest that segmentation outcome can vary depending on research interest.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Preliminary analysis using multi-atlas labeling algorithms for tracing longitudinal change
- Creators
- Regina E. Y Kim - University of IowaSpencer Lourens - University of IowaJeffrey D Long - University of IowaJane S Paulsen - University of IowaHans J Johnson - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in neuroscience, Vol.9, pp.242-242
- DOI
- 10.3389/fnins.2015.00242
- PMID
- 26236182
- PMCID
- PMC4500912
- NLM abbreviation
- Front Neurosci
- ISSN
- 1662-4548
- eISSN
- 1662-453X
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A
- Grant note
- R01 EB008171 / 3D Shape Analysis for Computational Anatomy S10 RR023392 / Enterprise Storage in a Collaborative Neuroimaging Environment R01 EB000975 / Validation of Structural/Functional MRI Localization R01 NS040068 / Neurobiological Predictors of HD R01 NS054893 / Cognitive and Functional Brain Changes in Preclinical HD U54 EB005149 / Core 2b HD P41 RR015241 / Algorithms for Functional and Anatomical Brain Analysis R03 EB008673 / NIPYPE R01 NS050568 / BRAINS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2015
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Biostatistics
- Record Identifier
- 9984185367902771
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