An automated liver segmentation in liver iron concentration map using fuzzy c-means clustering combined with anatomical landmark data.

Journal: BMC medical imaging
PMID: 34583631

Abstract

BACKGROUND: To estimate median liver iron concentration (LIC) calculated from magnetic resonance imaging, excluded vessels of the liver parenchyma region were defined manually. Previous works proposed the automated method for excluding vessels from the liver region. However, only user-defined liver region remained a manual process. Therefore, this work aimed to develop an automated liver region segmentation technique to automate the whole process of median LIC calculation.

Authors

  • Kittichai Wantanajittikul
    Department of Radiologic Technology, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  • Pairash Saiviroonporn
    Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, 2 Wanglang Road, Bangkoknoi, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand. pairash.sai@gmail.ac.th.
  • Suwit Saekho
    Department of Radiologic Technology, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  • Rungroj Krittayaphong
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Vip Viprakasit
    Haematology/Oncology Division, Department of Pediatrics and Thalassemia Center, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

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