An Effective Method for Computerized Prediction and Segmentation of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions in Brain MRI

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a central nervous system (CNS) disease that damages to the insulating myelin sheaths around the axons in the brain. MS causes the immune system to attack these nerve fibers. The rate of progress of MS varies from person to person and can have periodic remission and relapse. The healthy brain contains White Matter (WM), Grey Matter (GM), and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) [1 –2]. There are three main types of segmentation approaches: manual, semi-automatic, and automatic. Manual segmentation is the base method for lesion segmentation.

Source: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine - January 9, 2017 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Sudipta Roy, Debnath Bhattacharyya, Samir Kumar Bandyopadhyay, Tai-Hoon Kim Source Type: research