Brain atlas deformation in the presence of large space-occupying tumors

BM Dawant, SL Hartmann, S Gadamsetty - Medical Image Computing and …, 1999 - Springer
Brain atlases contain a wealth of information that could be used for radiation therapy or
neurosurgical planning. So far, however, when large space occupying tumors and lesions …

Brain atlas deformation in the presence of small and large space-occupying tumors

BM Dawant, SL Hartmann, S Pan… - Computer Aided …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Brain atlases contain a wealth of information that could be used in radiation therapy or
neurosurgical planning. Until now, however, when large space-occupying tumors and …

Atlas-based segmentation of pathological brains using a model of tumor growth

MB Cuadra, J Gomez, P Hagmann, C Pollo… - … Image Computing and …, 2002 - Springer
We propose a method for brain atlas deformation in presence of large space-occupying
tumors or lesions, based on an a priori model of lesion growth that assumes radial …

Non-rigid atlas to subject registration with pathologies for conformal brain radiotherapy

R Stefanescu, O Commowick, G Malandain… - … Conference on Medical …, 2004 - Springer
Warping a digital atlas toward a patient image allows the simultaneous segmentation of
several structures. This may be of great interest for cerebral images, since the brain contains …

Atlas-based segmentation of pathological MR brain images using a model of lesion growth

MB Cuadra, C Pollo, A Bardera… - IEEE transactions on …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a method for brain atlas deformation in the presence of large space-occupying
tumors, based on an a priori model of lesion growth that assumes radial expansion of the …

Automatic segmentation of brain structures for radiation therapy planning

PF D D'Haese, V Duay, R Li… - Medical Imaging …, 2003 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Delineation of structures to irradiate (the tumors) as well as structures to be spared (eg, optic
nerve, brainstem, or eyes) is required for advanced radiotherapy techniques. Due to a lack …

Atlas-based segmentation of pathological brain MR images

BM Cuadra, C Polio, A Bardera… - … on Image Processing …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A method for brain atlas deformation in presence of large space-occupying tumors, based
on an a priori model of lesion growth that assumes radial expansion of the lesion from its …

Toward atlas-assisted automatic interpretation of MRI morphological brain scans in the presence of Tumor1

WL Nowinski, D Belov - Academic radiology, 2005 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Determination of distorted brain anatomy surrounding a
tumor causing a mass effect is much more difficult than interpretation of normal brain scans …

A deformable digital brain atlas system according to Talairach and Tournoux

KA Ganser, H Dickhaus, R Metzner, CR Wirtz - Medical Image Analysis, 2004 - Elsevier
Brain atlases are valuable tools which assist neurosurgeons during the planning of an
intervention. Since a printed atlas book has several disadvantages—among them the …

Deformable registration of brain tumor images via a statistical model of tumor-induced deformation

A Mohamed, D Shen, C Davatzikos - … , Palm Springs, CA, USA, October 26 …, 2005 - Springer
An approach to deformable registration of three-dimensional brain tumor images to a normal
brain atlas is presented. The approach involves the integration of three components: a …