Computer-aided evaluation system for parkinson's disease using image registration and labeling

  • Jiann Der Lee*
  • , G. Wei Chen
  • , Chung Hsien Huang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Single photon emission computed tomography image (SPECT) of dopamine transporter with 99mTc-TRODAT-1 has recently been proposed to be a valuable and feasible means of assessing the integrity of dopamine neurons. In order to measure the specific-to-nonspecific binding ratio of the nuclear medicine within the specific-binding tissues, i.e. putamens and caudate nuclei, the corresponding MRI is needed to be registered to SPECT for bounding the regions of interest. Therefore, an automatic labeling algorithm which enables contouring the putamens and caudate nuclei is necessary because segmenting these tissues manually from MRI costs tons of time and energy of physicians. We have built a computer-aided clinical diagnosis system which integrates MRI/SPECT registration and MRI labeling for the evaluation of Parkinson's disease. Clinical MRI and SPECT data including eighteen healthy subjects and thirteen patients were involved to validate the performance of the proposed system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication29th Annual International Conference of IEEE-EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'07
Pages844-847
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event29th Annual International Conference of IEEE-EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'07 - Lyon, France
Duration: 23 08 200726 08 2007

Publication series

NameAnnual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)0589-1019

Conference

Conference29th Annual International Conference of IEEE-EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'07
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityLyon
Period23/08/0726/08/07

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