title: Development and evaluation of statistical shape modeling for principal inner organs on torso CT images.
abstract: The shapes of the inner organs are important information for medical image analysis. Statistical shape modeling provides a way of quantifying and measuring shape variations of the inner organs in different patients. In this study, we developed a universal scheme that can be used for building the statistical shape models for different inner organs efficiently. This scheme combines the traditional point distribution modeling with a group-wise optimization method based on a measure called minimum description length to provide a practical means for 3D organ shape modeling. In experiments, the proposed scheme was applied to the building of five statistical shape models for hearts, livers, spleens, and right and left kidneys by use of 50 cases of 3D torso CT images. The performance of these models was evaluated by three measures: model compactness, model generalization, and model specificity. The experimental results showed that the constructed shape models have good "compactness" and satisfied the "generalization" performance for different organ shape representations; however, the "specificity" of these models should be improved in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intelligent Image Information, Division of Regeneration and Advanced Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan, zxr@fjt.info.gifu-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Xiangrong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Ryujiro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D009928:Organ Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D060726:Torso / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*