Automatic Segmentation of MR Brain Tumor Images using Support Vector Machine in Combination with Graph Cut

Elisabetta Binaghi, Massimo Omodei, Valentina Pedoia, Sergio Balbi, Desiree Lattanzi, Emanuele Monti

2014

Abstract

This work focuses the attention on the automatic segmentation of meningioma from multispectral brain Magnetic Resonance imagery. The Authors address the segmentation task by proposing a fully automatic method hierarchically structured in two phases. The preliminary unsupervised phase is based on Graph Cut framework. In the second phase, preliminary segmentation results are refined using a supervised classification based on Support Vector Machine. The overall segmentation procedure is conceived fully automatic and tailored to non-volumetric data characterized by poor inter-slice spacing, in an attempt to facilitate the insertion in clinical practice. The results obtained in this preliminary study are encouraging and prove that the segmentation benefits from the allied use of Graph Cut and Support Vector Machine frameworks.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Binaghi E., Omodei M., Pedoia V., Balbi S., Lattanzi D. and Monti E. (2014). Automatic Segmentation of MR Brain Tumor Images using Support Vector Machine in Combination with Graph Cut . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications - Volume 1: NCTA, (IJCCI 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-054-3, pages 152-157. DOI: 10.5220/0005068501520157

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ncta14,
author={Elisabetta Binaghi and Massimo Omodei and Valentina Pedoia and Sergio Balbi and Desiree Lattanzi and Emanuele Monti},
title={Automatic Segmentation of MR Brain Tumor Images using Support Vector Machine in Combination with Graph Cut},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications - Volume 1: NCTA, (IJCCI 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={152-157},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005068501520157},
isbn={978-989-758-054-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications - Volume 1: NCTA, (IJCCI 2014)
TI - Automatic Segmentation of MR Brain Tumor Images using Support Vector Machine in Combination with Graph Cut
SN - 978-989-758-054-3
AU - Binaghi E.
AU - Omodei M.
AU - Pedoia V.
AU - Balbi S.
AU - Lattanzi D.
AU - Monti E.
PY - 2014
SP - 152
EP - 157
DO - 10.5220/0005068501520157