Title:
Automated Extraction of Subdural Grid Electrodes from Post-Implant MRI Scans for Epilepsy Surgery

dc.contributor.advisor Skrinjar, Oskar
dc.contributor.author Pozdin, Maksym O. en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember Anthony Yezzi
dc.contributor.committeeMember John Oshinski
dc.contributor.department Electrical and Computer Engineering en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2005-03-02T22:11:52Z
dc.date.available 2005-03-02T22:11:52Z
dc.date.issued 2004-05-13 en_US
dc.description.abstract The objective of the current research was to develop an automated algorithm with no or little user assistance for extraction of Subdural Grid Electrodes (SGE) from post-implant MRI scans for epilepsy surgery. The algorithm utilizes the knowledge about the artifacts created by Subdural Electrodes (SE) in MRI scans. Also the algorithm does not only extract individual electrodes, but it also extracts them as a SGE structures. Information about the number and type of implanted electrodes is recorded during the surgery [1]. This information is used to reduce the search space and produce better results. Currently, the extraction of SGE from post-implant MRI scans is performed manually by a technologist [1, 2, 3]. It is a time-consuming process, requiring on average a few hours, depending on the number of implanted SE. In addition, the process does not conserve the geometry of the structures, since electrodes are identified individually. Usually SGE extraction is complicated by nearby artifacts, making manual extraction a non-trivial task that requires a good visualization of 3D space and orientation of SGE in it. Currently, most of the technologists use 2D slice viewers for extraction of SGE from 3D MRI scans. There is no commercial software to perform the automated extraction task. The only algorithm suggested in the literature is [4]. The goal of the proposed algorithm is to improve the performance of the algorithm in [4]. As a goal, the proposed algorithm performs extraction of SGE not only for individual electrodes, but by applying geometric constraints on SGE. en_US
dc.description.degree M.S. en_US
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dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4979
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject MRI en_US
dc.subject Extraction
dc.subject Epilepsy surgery
dc.subject Subdural grid
dc.subject Grid
dc.subject Automated extraction
dc.subject Subdural electrode
dc.subject.lcsh Medicine Mathematical models en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Magnetic resonance imaging en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Epilepsy Surgery en_US
dc.title Automated Extraction of Subdural Grid Electrodes from Post-Implant MRI Scans for Epilepsy Surgery en_US
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dc.type.genre Thesis
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local.contributor.corporatename School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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