title: Object-based morphometry of the cerebral cortex.
abstract: Most of the approaches dedicated to automatic morphometry rely on a point-by-point strategy based on warping each brain toward a reference coordinate system. In this paper, we describe an alternative object-based strategy dedicated to the cortex. This strategy relies on an artificial neuroanatomist performing automatic recognition of the main cortical sulci and parcellation of the cortical surface into gyral patches. A set of shape descriptors, which can be compared across subjects, is then attached to the sulcus and gyrus related objects segmented by this process. The framework is used to perform a study of 142 brains of the International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM) database. This study reveals some correlates of handedness on the size of the sulci located in motor areas, which was not detected previously using standard voxel based morphometry.
authors.affiliation: Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, CEA, 91401 Orsay, France.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mangin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rivière
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cachia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duchesnay
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cointepas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos-Orfanos
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Régis
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009716:Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013382:Subtraction Technique