A SIMPLE APPROACH FOR RELATIVELY AUTOMATED HIPPOCAMPUS SEGMENTATION FROM SAGITTAL VIEW OF BRAIN MRI

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we present a relatively automated method to segment the hippocampus in t1 weighted magnetic resonance images that can be acquired in the routine clinical setting. This paper describes a simple approach for segmenting the hippocampus automatically from sagittal view of brain MRI. Large datasets of structural MR images are collected to quantitatively analyze the relationships between brain anatomy, disease progression, treatment regimens, and genetic influences upon brain structure..This method segments the hippocampus without any human intervention for few slices present mid position in the total volume. Experimental results using this method show a good agreement with the manual segmented gold standard. These results may support the clinical studies of memory and neurodegenerative disease