Title
Multi-organ localization combining global-to-local regression and confidence maps.
Abstract
We propose a method for fast, accurate and robust localization of several organs in medical images. We generalize global-to-local cascades of regression forests [1] to multiple organs. A first regressor encodes global relationships between organs. Subsequent regressors refine the localization of each organ locally and independently for improved accuracy. We introduce confidence maps, which incorporate information about both the regression vote distribution and the organ shape through probabilistic atlases. They are used within the cascade itself, to better select the test voxels for the second set of regressors, and to provide richer information than the classical bounding boxes thanks to the shape prior. We demonstrate the robustness and accuracy of our approach through a quantitative evaluation on a large database of 130 CT volumes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1007/978-3-319-10443-0_43
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Field
DocType
Volume
Voxel,Data mining,Probabilistic atlas,Computer science,Local regression,Robustness (computer science),Artificial intelligence,Probabilistic logic,Random forest,Computer vision,Pattern recognition,Regression,Bounding overwatch
Conference
8675
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
Pt 3
0302-9743
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.53
6
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Romane Gauriau1312.47
Rémi Cuingnet241519.36
David Lesage344118.16
Isabelle Bloch42123170.75