Automatic selection of ROIs in functional imaging using Gaussian mixture models
Automatic selection of ROIs in functional imaging using Gaussian mixture models
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neulet.2009.05.039
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发表时间:
2009-08-28
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Lang, E. W.
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作者:
Gorriz, J. M.;Lassl, A.;Lang, E. W.
We present an automatic method for selecting regions of interest (ROIs) of the information contained in three-dimensional functional brain images using Gaussian mixture models (GMMs), where each Gaussian incorporates a contiguous brain region with similar activation. The novelty of the approach is based on approximating the grey-level distribution of a brain image by a sum of Gaussian functions, whose parameters are determined by a maximum likelihood criterion via the expectation maximization (EM) algorithm. Each Gaussian or cluster is represented by a multivariate Gaussian function with a center coordinate and a certain shape. This approach leads to a drastic compression of the information contained in the brain image and serves as a starting point for a variety of possible feature extraction methods for the diagnosis of brain diseases. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.