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Evaluating Algorithms Used For Fetal Brain Scan Segmentation, Connor Stewart Burgess

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

The goal for this project was to successfully segment a fetal brain scan (fetal scan) using the algorithms provided by the program Slicer3D. To better understand the hurdles that arose when segmenting a fetal scan, we first look at the segmentation of an adult brain scan. This will allow us to see the straightforward nature of a brain segmentation when a high quality, high resolution volume with distinct structures is available. After examining the adult brain scan, attention will be moved to the segmentation of the fetal scan, where we’ll first look at the algorithms used and methods followed. Finally …

Interactive Visualization Of Multimodal Brain Connectivity: Applications In Clinical And Cognitive Neuroscience, Saeed Mahdizadeh Bakhshmand

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a readily available prognostic and diagnostic method, providing invaluable information for the clinical treatment of neurological diseases. Multimodal neuroimaging allows integration of complementary data from various aspects such as functional and anatomical properties; thus, it has the potential to overcome the limitations of each individual modality. Specifically, functional and diffusion MRI are two non-invasive neuroimaging techniques customized to capture brain activity and microstructural properties, respectively. Data from these two modalities is inherently complex, and interactive visualization can assist with data comprehension.

The current thesis presents the design, development, and validation of visualization and computation …