Tensor-product kernel-based representation encoding joint MRI view similarity

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014:2014:3897-900. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944475.

Abstract

To support 3D magnetic resonance image (MRI) analysis, a marginal image similarity (MIS) matrix holding MR inter-slice relationship along every axis view (Axial, Coronal, and Sagittal) can be estimated. However, mutual inference from MIS view information poses a difficult task since relationships between axes are nonlinear. To overcome this issue, we introduce a Tensor-Product Kernel-based Representation (TKR) that allows encoding brain structure patterns due to patient differences, gathering all MIS matrices into a single joint image similarity framework. The TKR training strategy is carried out into a low dimensional projected space to get less influence of voxel-derived noise. Obtained results for classifying the considered patient categories (gender and age) on real MRI database shows that the proposed TKR training approach outperforms the conventional voxel-wise sum of squared differences. The proposed approach may be useful to support MRI clustering and similarity inference tasks, which are required on template-based image segmentation and atlas construction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Algorithms
  • Brain / anatomy & histology
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Sex Factors