Abstract
This paper presents a new approach for detecting the underlying fiber directions in a voxel. The main idea is to use the principal direction (centroid of orientation class) of an orientation population instead of the classical maximal direction of diffusion orientation density function (ODF) for fiber orientation. Firstly, diffusion orientations from the ODF of raw data are classified in accordance with the expected fiber populations. The centroids of diffusion orientations are then determined using the spherical k-means method so as to estimate fiber orientations. The proposed method is based on the reconstruction of diffusion ODF using spherical harmonic (SH) decomposition and the characterization of diffusion anisotropy in a voxel. It can approximate fiber orientations accurately and avoid the spurious detection of fiber orientation which is often observed with traditional methods. By using a variety of synthetic, phantom and real datasets, the experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Unknown Host Publication |
Publisher | International Standard Recording Code |
Pages | 96-105 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 31 Aug 2011 |
Event | Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science - Londonderry Duration: 31 Aug 2011 → … |
Conference
Conference | Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science |
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Period | 31/08/11 → … |