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Presentation 2015-11-11 10:20
A study on fiber orientation tracking from micro CT volumes
Hirohisa Oda, Masahiro Oda (Nagoya Univ.), Takayuki Kitasaka (Aichi Inst. of Tech.), Toshiaki Akita (Kanazawa Med. Univ.), Kensaku Mori (Nagoya Univ.) MI2015-59
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) In this paper, we discuss a method for fiber tracking from micro CT volumes by using structure tensor analysis. In the proposed method, trackings are started from initial points placed in a grid pattern. Based on the assumption that the eigenvector corresponding to the smallest eigenvalue computed of the structure tensor would represent the fiber direction, we track both positive and negative fiber directions. For preventing sharp turns, if the direction of eigenvector corresponding to the smallest eigenvalue is quite different from the direction vector of the previous step, the tracking keep the same direction as the previous one. When the tracking length exceeds a threshold, or the tracking goes into the region far brighter or darker than the target region, the tracking is terminated. Although myofibre was successfully tracked in an experiment which used a myocardial specimen, not the myofibre but the surface of the target region was tracked by following the intensity gradients of the surface. As an additional experiment, we made a mask manually and utilized it for limiting the region used for structure tensor analysis. The mistracking was overcome, and the better tracking results were obtained.
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(in English) Myofiber / Tensor analysis / Fiber tracking / Microstructure / Visualization / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 115, no. 301, MI2015-59, pp. 9-14, Nov. 2015.
Paper # MI2015-59 
Date of Issue 2015-11-04 (MI) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee MI  
Conference Date 2015-11-11 - 2015-11-11 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) NAIST 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Medical Imaging in a wide sense, etc. 
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Conference Code 2015-11-MI 
Language Japanese 
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Title (in English) A study on fiber orientation tracking from micro CT volumes 
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Keyword(1) Myofiber  
Keyword(2) Tensor analysis  
Keyword(3) Fiber tracking  
Keyword(4) Microstructure  
Keyword(5) Visualization  
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1st Author's Name Hirohisa Oda  
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Masahiro Oda  
2nd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Takayuki Kitasaka  
3rd Author's Affiliation Aichi Institute of Technology (Aichi Inst. of Tech.)
4th Author's Name Toshiaki Akita  
4th Author's Affiliation Kanazawa Medical University (Kanazawa Med. Univ.)
5th Author's Name Kensaku Mori  
5th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
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Date Time 2015-11-11 10:20:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
Registration for MI 
Paper # MI2015-59 
Volume (vol) vol.115 
Number (no) no.301 
Page pp.9-14 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2015-11-04 (MI) 

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