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Jun Ma¹, Michael I Miller, Laurent Younes

¹Center for Imaging Science, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 320 Clark Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

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This study presents a Bayesian method to create a template 3D surface from observed data. The approach uses geodesic shooting and an EM algorithm for accurate surface estimation in anatomical analysis.

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Three-Dimensional Shape Modeling and Analysis of Brain Structures

Three-Dimensional Shape Modeling and Analysis of Brain Structures

Published on: November 14, 2019

Area of Science:

Medical Image Analysis
Computational Anatomy
Geometric Modeling

Background:

3D surfaces are crucial geometric models in image analysis and computational anatomy.
Estimating a representative template surface from observed data is challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a Bayesian inference scheme for estimating a template surface from observed surface data.
To construct a statistical model for random surfaces using geodesic shooting.
To infer the maximum a posteriori estimation of initial momentum (μ) for template surface determination.

Main Methods:

Utilized the geodesic shooting approach to build a statistical model for surface generation and observation.
Developed a mode approximation Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm.
Inferred the maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation of initial momentum (μ).

Main Results:

Successfully estimated template surfaces from observed data.
Demonstrated the effectiveness of the Bayesian inference scheme.
Presented experimental results on caudate, thalamus, and hippocampus data.

Conclusions:

The proposed Bayesian inference scheme effectively estimates template surfaces.
The geodesic shooting and EM algorithm provide a robust statistical model for random surfaces.
The method is applicable to anatomical data analysis for shape modeling.