Online Statistical Inference for Large-Scale Binary Images

Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2017 Sep:10434:729-736. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-66185-8_82. Epub 2017 Sep 4.

Abstract

We present a unified online statistical framework for quantifying a collection of binary images. Since medical image segmentation is often done semi-automatically, the resulting binary images may be available in a sequential manner. Further, modern medical imaging datasets are too large to fit into a computer's memory. Thus, there is a need to develop an iterative analysis framework where the final statistical maps are updated sequentially each time a new image is added to the analysis. We propose a new algorithm for online statistical inference and apply to characterize mandible growth during the first two decades of life.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Algorithms*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Linear Models
  • Male
  • Mandible / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mandible / growth & development*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sex Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Young Adult