scholarly journals Impact on Brain due to Alcoholism using Improved Fuzzy C-Regression based Alcohol Detection

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1317-1325
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Human Brain ◽  
Gray Matter ◽  
Membership Functions ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Brain Image ◽  
Left Thalamus ◽  
Posterior Insula ◽  
The Brain

In general, two risk factors such as alcohol expectancy and impulsivity have been concerned with alcohol abuse Currently, many people have been addicted to alcoholism and have an Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) that affects neurons behavior in the human brain. Still, how such risk factors interrelate to estimate the alcoholism. To solve this problem, Fuzzy C-Regression based Alcoholism Detection (FCRAD) method has been proposed that segments the Region-Of-Interests (ROIs) from the human brain image to predict the Gray Matter Volume (GMV) reduction in the right posterior insula in women and the left thalamus in both men and women efficiently. However, it requires the detection of GMV reduction in the other brain image regions. This multi-modality can decrease the fuzziness of the partition and the crisp membership degrees were not derived easily. Therefore in this article, the GMV reduction in other regions of the brain images including right posterior insula in women and left thalamus in both men and women has been detected, an Improved FCRAD (IFCRAD) method is proposed to simplify the segmentation of the brain images by considering the second regularization term in the objective function of the FCR to take into account the noisy data. Also, the Euclidean distance is replaced with the Voronoi distance for computing different fuzzy membership functions. Moreover, new error measure and reward function are used in the objective function of the FCR to reward nearly crisp membership functions and to obtain more crisp partition. So, the brain images are segmented into gray-matter images that derive the ROIs to analyze the GMV reduction with less complexity. Finally, the experimental results illustrate the proposed IFCRAD method achieves higher accuracy than the existing AD methods.

MR Brain Image Segmentation to Detect White Matter, Gray Matter, and Cerebro Spinal Fluid Using TLBO Algorithm

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150034
Author(s):  
Sandhya Gudise ◽  
Giri Babu Kande ◽  
T. Satya Savithri
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Gray Matter ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Spinal Fluid ◽  
Brain Image ◽  
Tlbo Algorithm ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Skull Stripping ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Mr Brain

This paper proposes an advanced and precise technique for the segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) of the brain. Brain MRI segmentation is to be familiar with the anatomical structure, to recognize the deformities, and to distinguish different tissues which help in treatment planning and diagnosis. Nature’s inspired population-based evolutionary algorithms are extremely popular for a wide range of applications due to their best solutions. Teaching Learning Based Optimization (TLBO) is an advanced population-based evolutionary algorithm designed based on Teaching and Learning process of a classroom. TLBO uses common controlling parameters and it won’t require algorithm-specific parameters. TLBO is more appropriate to optimize the real variables which are fuzzy valued, computationally efficient, and does not require parameter tuning. In this work, the pixels of the brain image are automatically grouped into three distinct homogeneous tissues such as White Matter (WM), Gray Matter (GM), and Cerebro Spinal Fluid (CSF) using the TLBO algorithm. The methodology includes skull stripping and filtering in the pre-processing stage. The outcomes for 10 MR brain images acquired by utilizing the proposed strategy proved that the three brain tissues are segmented accurately. The segmentation outputs are compared with the ground truth images and high values are obtained for the measure’s sensitivity, specificity, and segmentation accuracy. Four different approaches, namely Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Genetic Algorithm (GA), Bacterial Foraging Algorithm (BFA), and Electromagnetic Optimization (EMO) are likewise implemented to compare with the results of the proposed methodology. From the results, it can be proved that the proposed method performed effectively than the other.

Automatic MRI Brain Image Segmentation Using Gravitational Search-Based Clustering Technique

2017 ◽  
pp. 115-130
Author(s):  
Vijay Kumar ◽  
Jitender Kumar Chhabra ◽  
Dinesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Brain Image ◽  
Clustering Technique ◽  
Mri Brain ◽  
Gravitational Search ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Mri Brain Image ◽  
Brain Tissues ◽  
Brain Image Segmentation

Image segmentation plays an important role in medical imaging applications. In this chapter, an automatic MRI brain image segmentation framework using gravitational search based clustering technique has been proposed. This framework consists of two stage segmentation procedure. First, non-brain tissues are removed from the brain tissues using modified skull-stripping algorithm. Thereafter, the automatic gravitational search based clustering technique is used to extract the brain tissues from the skull stripped image. The proposed algorithm has been applied on four simulated T1-weighted MRI brain images. Experimental results reveal that proposed algorithm outperforms the existing techniques in terms of the structure similarity measure.

scholarly journals Cardiovascular risks impact human brain N-acetylaspartate in regionally specific patterns

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (50) ◽  
pp. 25243-25249
Author(s):  
Joshua Chiappelli ◽  
Laura M. Rowland ◽  
S. Andrea Wijtenburg ◽  
Hongji Chen ◽  
Andrew A. Maudsley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
White Matter ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Gray Matter ◽  
Lipid Synthesis ◽  
Cardiovascular Risks ◽  
Myelin Lipid ◽  
Cortical Gray Matter ◽  
The Brain

Cardiovascular risk factors such as dyslipidemia and hypertension increase the risk for white matter pathology and cognitive decline. We hypothesize that white matter levels of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), a chemical involved in the metabolic pathway for myelin lipid synthesis, could serve as a biomarker that tracks the influence of cardiovascular risk factors on white matter prior to emergence of clinical changes. To test this, we measured levels of NAA across white matter and gray matter in the brain using echo planar spectroscopic imaging (EPSI) in 163 individuals and examined the relationship of regional NAA levels and cardiovascular risk factors as indexed by the Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Score (FCVRS). NAA was strongly and negatively correlated with FCVRS across the brain, but, after accounting for age and sex, the association was found primarily in white matter regions, with additional effects found in the thalamus, hippocampus, and cingulate gyrus. FCVRS was also negatively correlated with creatine levels, again primarily in white matter. The results suggest that cardiovascular risks are related to neurochemistry with a predominantly white matter pattern and some subcortical and cortical gray matter involvement. NAA mapping of the brain may provide early surveillance for the potential subclinical impact of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors on the brain.

Automatic MRI Brain Image Segmentation Using Gravitational Search-Based Clustering Technique

2014 ◽  
pp. 313-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijay Kumar ◽  
Jitender Kumar Chhabra ◽  
Dinesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Brain Image ◽  
Clustering Technique ◽  
Mri Brain ◽  
Gravitational Search ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Mri Brain Image ◽  
Brain Tissues ◽  
Brain Image Segmentation

Image segmentation plays an important role in medical imaging applications. In this chapter, an automatic MRI brain image segmentation framework using gravitational search based clustering technique has been proposed. This framework consists of two stage segmentation procedure. First, non-brain tissues are removed from the brain tissues using modified skull-stripping algorithm. Thereafter, the automatic gravitational search based clustering technique is used to extract the brain tissues from the skull stripped image. The proposed algorithm has been applied on four simulated T1-weighted MRI brain images. Experimental results reveal that proposed algorithm outperforms the existing techniques in terms of the structure similarity measure.

An Efficient Computational Approach for the Detection of MR Brain Tissues in the Presence of Noise and Intensity Inhomogeneity

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 65-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Sandhya ◽  
Kande Giri Babu ◽  
T. Satya Savithri
Keyword(s):  
Energy Minimization ◽  
Bias Field ◽  
Intensity Inhomogeneity ◽  
Mr Images ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Brain Image ◽  
Anisotropic Diffusion Filter ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Mr Brain ◽  
Brain Tissues

The automatic detection of brain tissues such as White Matter (WM), Gray Matter (GM), and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) from the MR images of the brain using segmentation is of immense interest for the early detection and diagnosing various brain-related diseases. MR imaging technology is one of the best and most reliable ways of studying the brain. Segmentation of MR images is a challenging task due to various artifacts such as noise, intensity inhomogeneity, partial volume effects and elemental texture of the image. This work proposes a region based, efficient and modern energy minimization process called as Anisotropic Multiplicative Intrinsic Component Optimization (AMICO) for the brain image segmentation in the presence of noise and intensity inhomogeneity to separate different tissues. This algorithm uses an efficient Anisotropic diffusion filter to decrease the noise. The denoised image gets segmented after the correction of intensity inhomogeneity by the MICO algorithm. The algorithm decomposes the MR brain image as two multiplicative intrinsic components, called as the component of the true image which represents the physical properties of the brain tissue and the component of bias field that is related to intensity inhomogeneity. By optimizing the values of these two components using an efficient energy minimization technique, correction of intensity inhomogeneity and segmentation of the tissues can be achieved simultaneously. Performance evaluation and the comparison with some existing methods have validated the remarkable performance of AMICO in terms of efficiency of segmentation of brain images in the presence of noise and intensity inhomogeneity.

scholarly journals The Potential of Using Brain Images for Authentication

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Fanglin Chen ◽  
Zongtan Zhou ◽  
Hui Shen ◽  
Dewen Hu
Keyword(s):  
Gray Matter ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Identity Authentication ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Automated Recognition ◽  
Accuracy Requirement ◽  
Potential Possibility ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The Brain

Biometric recognition (also known as biometrics) refers to the automated recognition of individuals based on their biological or behavioral traits. Examples of biometric traits include fingerprint, palmprint, iris, and face. The brain is the most important and complex organ in the human body. Can it be used as a biometric trait? In this study, we analyze the uniqueness of the brain and try to use the brain for identity authentication. The proposed brain-based verification system operates in two stages: gray matter extraction and gray matter matching. A modified brain segmentation algorithm is implemented for extracting gray matter from an input brain image. Then, an alignment-based matching algorithm is developed for brain matching. Experimental results on two data sets show that the proposed brain recognition system meets the high accuracy requirement of identity authentication. Though currently the acquisition of the brain is still time consuming and expensive, brain images are highly unique and have the potential possibility for authentication in view of pattern recognition.

scholarly journals Enhanced Region Growing for Brain Tumor MR Image Segmentation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Erena Siyoum Biratu ◽  
Friedhelm Schwenker ◽  
Taye Girma Debelee ◽  
Samuel Rahimeto Kebede ◽  
Worku Gachena Negera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Brain Tumor ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Region Growing ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Seed Point ◽  
Brain Image ◽  
The Brain

A brain tumor is one of the foremost reasons for the rise in mortality among children and adults. A brain tumor is a mass of tissue that propagates out of control of the normal forces that regulate growth inside the brain. A brain tumor appears when one type of cell changes from its normal characteristics and grows and multiplies abnormally. The unusual growth of cells within the brain or inside the skull, which can be cancerous or non-cancerous has been the reason for the death of adults in developed countries and children in under developing countries like Ethiopia. The studies have shown that the region growing algorithm initializes the seed point either manually or semi-manually which as a result affects the segmentation result. However, in this paper, we proposed an enhanced region-growing algorithm for the automatic seed point initialization. The proposed approach’s performance was compared with the state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms using the common dataset, BRATS2015. In the proposed approach, we applied a thresholding technique to strip the skull from each input brain image. After the skull is stripped the brain image is divided into 8 blocks. Then, for each block, we computed the mean intensities and from which the five blocks with maximum mean intensities were selected out of the eight blocks. Next, the five maximum mean intensities were used as a seed point for the region growing algorithm separately and obtained five different regions of interest (ROIs) for each skull stripped input brain image. The five ROIs generated using the proposed approach were evaluated using dice similarity score (DSS), intersection over union (IoU), and accuracy (Acc) against the ground truth (GT), and the best region of interest is selected as a final ROI. Finally, the final ROI was compared with different state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms and region-based segmentation algorithms in terms of DSS. Our proposed approach was validated in three different experimental setups. In the first experimental setup where 15 randomly selected brain images were used for testing and achieved a DSS value of 0.89. In the second and third experimental setups, the proposed approach scored a DSS value of 0.90 and 0.80 for 12 randomly selected and 800 brain images respectively. The average DSS value for the three experimental setups was 0.86.

T1 white/gray contrast as a predictor of chronological age, and an index of cognitive performance

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D Lewis ◽  
Alan C Evans ◽  
Jussi Tohka
Keyword(s):  
Brain Development ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Gray Matter ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Brain Maturation ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Cortical Gray Matter ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Age Prediction

The maturational schedule of human brain development appears to be narrowly confined. The chronological age of an individual can be predicted from brain images with considerable accuracy, and deviation from the typical pattern of brain maturation has been related to cognitive performance. Methods using multi-modal data, or complex measures derived from voxels throughout the brain have shown the greatest accuracy, but are difficult to interpret in terms of the biology. Measures based on the cortical surface(s) have yielded less accurate predictions, suggesting that perhaps developmental changes related to cortical gray matter are not strongly related to chronological age, and that perhaps development is more strongly related to changes in subcortical regions or in deep white matter. We show that a simple metric based on the white/gray contrast at the inner border of the cortical gray-matter is a comparably good predictor of chronological age, and our usage of an elastic net penalized linear regression model reveals the brain regions which contribute most to age-prediction. We demonstrate this in two large datasets: the NIH Pediatric Data, with 832 scans of typically developing children, adolescents, and young adults; and the Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, and Genetics data, with 760 scans of individuals in a similar age-range. Moreover, we show that the residuals of age-prediction based on this white/gray contrast metric are more strongly related to IQ than are those from cortical thickness, suggesting that this metric is more sensitive to aspects of brain development that reflect cognitive performance.

scholarly journals Application of Deep Learning and Brain Images in Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 1431-1438
Author(s):  
Yu Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Generation Process ◽  
Image Block ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Image Preprocessing ◽  
Brain Image ◽  
Registration Process ◽  
Feature Information ◽  
The Brain

In the identification of which stages Alzheimer’s patients are in, the application of the medical imaging technology helps doctors give more accurate qualitative diagnoses. However, the existing research results are not effective enough in the acquisition of valuable information from medical images, nor can they make full use of other modal images that highlight different feature information. To this end, this paper studies the application of deep learning and brain images in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s patients. First, the image preprocessing operations and the brain image registration process were explained in detail. Then, the image block generation process was given, and the degrees of membership to white matter, gray matter and cerebrospinal fluid were calculated, and the brain images were also preliminarily classified. Finally, a complete auxiliary diagnosis process for Alzheimer’s disease based on deep learning was provided, an improved sparse noise reduction auto-encoder network was constructed, and the brain image recognition and classification based on deep learning were completed. The experimental results verified the effectiveness of the constructed model.

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