| Literature DB >> 20879333 |
Vidya Rajagopalan1, Julia Scott, Piotr A Habas, Kio Kim, Francois Rousseau, Orit A Glenn, A James Barkovich, Colin Studholme.
Abstract
Tensor based morphology (TBM) is a powerful approach to analyze local structural changes in brain anatomy. However, conventional scalar TBM methods are unable to present direction-specific analysis of volume changes required to model complex changes such as those during brain growth. In this paper, we describe novel TBM descriptors for studying direction-specific changes in a subject population which can be used in conjunction with scalar TBM to analyze local patterns in directionality of volume change during brain development. We illustrate the use of these methods by studying brain developmental patterns in fetuses. Results show that this approach detects early changes local growth that are related to the early stages of sulcal and gyral formation.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20879333 PMCID: PMC3321366 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15745-5_42
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv