Deep multi-structural shape analysis: Application to neuroanatomy


Por: Gutiérrez-Becker B., Wachinger C.

Publicada: 1 ene 2018
Resumen:
We propose a deep neural network for supervised learning on neuroanatomical shapes. The network directly operates on raw point clouds without the need for mesh processing or the identification of point correspondences, as spatial transformer networks map the data to a canonical space. Instead of relying on hand-crafted shape descriptors, an optimal representation is learned in the end-to-end training stage of the network. The proposed network consists of multiple branches, so that features for multiple structures are learned simultaneously. We demonstrate the performance of our method on two applications: (i) the prediction of Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment and (ii) the regression of the brain age. Finally, we visualize the important parts of the anatomy for the prediction by adapting the occlusion method to point clouds. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018.

Filiaciones:
Gutiérrez-Becker B.:
 Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging (AI-Med), KJP, LMU München, Munich, Germany

Wachinger C.:
 Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging (AI-Med), KJP, LMU München, Munich, Germany
ISSN: 03029743
Editorial
Springer Verlag, GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND, Suiza
Tipo de documento: Conference Paper
Volumen: 11072 LNCS Número:
Páginas: 523-531
WOS Id: 000477769700060