NDLI: A prior feature SVM – MRF based method for mouse brain segmentation

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Author	Wu, Teresa Bae, Min Hyeok Zhang, Min Pan, Rong Badea, Alexandra
Abstract	We introduce an automated method, called prior feature Support Vector Machine- Markov Random Field (pSVMRF), to segment three-dimensional mouse brain Magnetic Resonance Microscopy (MRM) images. Our earlier work, extended MRF (eMRF) integrated Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Markov Random Field (MRF) approaches, leading to improved segmentation accuracy; however, the computation of eMRF is very expensive, which may limit its performance on segmentation and robustness. In this study pSVMRF reduces training and testing time for SVM, while boosting segmentation performance. Unlike the eMRF approach, where MR intensity information and location priors are linearly combined, pSVMRF combines this information in a nonlinear fashion, and enhances the discriminative ability of the algorithm. We validate the proposed method using MR imaging of unstained and actively stained mouse brain specimens, and compare segmentation accuracy with two existing methods: eMRF and MRF. C57BL/6 mice are used for training and testing, using cross validation. For formalin fixed C57BL/6 specimens, pSVMRF outperforms both eMRF and MRF. The segmentation accuracy for C57BL/6 brains, stained or not, was similar for larger structures like hippocampus and caudate putamen, (~87%), but increased substantially for smaller regions like susbtantia nigra (from 78.36% to 91.55%), and anterior commissure (from ~50% to ~80%). To test segmentation robustness against increased anatomical variability we add two strains, BXD29 and a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Segmentation accuracy for new strains is 80% for hippocampus, and caudate putamen, indicating that pSVMRF is a promising approach for phenotyping mouse models of human brain disorders.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.09.053
Ending Page	2306
Page Count	9
Starting Page	2298
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10538119
e-ISSN	10959572
Journal	NeuroImage
Issue Number	3
Volume Number	59
Language	English
Publisher Date	2012-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Cognitive Neuroscience Neurology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neurology Cognitive Neuroscience

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