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D Andrew Brown¹, Christopher S McMahan¹, Russell T Shinohara²

¹School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.

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|November 7, 2022

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A new Bayesian model improves hippocampal segmentation for Alzheimer's disease detection. This method enhances accuracy by incorporating tissue data, aiding early diagnosis and tracking of neurodegenerative conditions.

Keywords:

Alzheimer’s disease chromatic Gibbs sampling conditionally autoregressive model hippocampus segmentation regions of interest

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Area of Science:

Neuroimaging
Neurodegeneration
Medical image analysis

Background:

Alzheimer's disease (AD) accelerates cognitive decline, necessitating early detection.
Accurate measurement of hippocampal volume is crucial for AD diagnosis and monitoring.
Automatic hippocampal segmentation is challenging, often relying on label propagation from atlases.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an advanced label fusion technique for improved automatic hippocampal segmentation in neuroimaging.
To introduce a fully Bayesian spatial regression model for label fusion in brain image analysis.
To enhance the accuracy and provide uncertainty quantification for hippocampal volume measurements in AD research.

Main Methods:

Proposed a fully Bayesian spatial regression model for label fusion.
Incorporated covariate information, such as tissue classification (e.g., gray matter), into the model.
Utilized label propagation from multiple manually segmented atlases and combined results.

Main Results:

The Bayesian approach significantly improved segmentation accuracy, especially when using healthy brains as atlases for diseased brains.
Incorporating tissue classification enhanced the label fusion procedure.
The model provided meaningful uncertainty measures for hippocampal volumes, enabling better population comparisons.

Conclusions:

The fully Bayesian spatial regression model offers a robust method for hippocampal segmentation in Alzheimer's disease research.
This approach facilitates more accurate volume measurements and uncertainty quantification, crucial for early disease detection.
Improved segmentation and uncertainty measures can aid in identifying significant differences between healthy and diseased populations.