Methods on skull strip** of MRI head scan images—a review

P Kalavathi, VBS Prasath - Journal of digital imaging, 2016 - Springer
The high resolution magnetic resonance (MR) brain images contain some non-brain tissues
such as skin, fat, muscle, neck, and eye balls compared to the functional images namely …

Conventional and deep learning methods for skull strip** in brain MRI

HZU Rehman, H Hwang, S Lee - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Skull strip** is the most prevalent brain image analysis method. This
method can be applied to areas such as brain tissue segmentation and volumetric …

LABEL: pediatric brain extraction using learning-based meta-algorithm

F Shi, L Wang, Y Dai, JH Gilmore, W Lin, D Shen - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
Magnetic resonance imaging of pediatric brain provides valuable information for early brain
development studies. Automated brain extraction is challenging due to the small brain size …

Skull strip** based on region growing for magnetic resonance brain images

JG Park, C Lee - NeuroImage, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a new skull strip** method for T1-weighted magnetic resonance
(MR) brain images. Skull strip** has played an important role in neuroimage research …

Infant brain extraction in T1-weighted MR images using BET and refinement using LCDG and MGRF models

A Alansary, M Ismail, A Soliman… - IEEE journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a novel framework for the automated extraction of the brain from
T1-weighted MR images. The proposed approach is primarily based on the integration of a …

Quantitative evaluation of robust skull strip** and tumor detection applied to axial MR images

A Chaddad, C Tanougast - Brain informatics, 2016 - Springer
To isolate the brain from non-brain tissues using a fully automatic method may be affected
by the presence of radio frequency non-homogeneity of MR images (MRI), regional …

Knowledge-guided robust MRI brain extraction for diverse large-scale neuroimaging studies on humans and non-human primates

Y Wang, J Nie, PT Yap, G Li, F Shi, X Geng, L Guo… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Accurate and robust brain extraction is a critical step in most neuroimaging analysis
pipelines. In particular, for the large-scale multi-site neuroimaging studies involving a …

An accurate skull strip** method based on simplex meshes and histogram analysis for magnetic resonance images

FJ Galdames, F Jaillet, CA Perez - Journal of neuroscience methods, 2012 - Elsevier
Skull strip** methods are designed to eliminate the non-brain tissue in magnetic
resonance (MR) brain images. Removal of non-brain tissues is a fundamental step in …

Brain extraction using the watershed transform from markers

R Beare, J Chen, CL Adamson, T Silk… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Isolation of the brain from other tissue types in magnetic resonance (MR) images is an
important step in many types of neuro-imaging research using both humans and animal …

A novel approach for manual segmentation of the amygdala and hippocampus in neonate MRI

N Hashempour, JJ Tuulari, H Merisaari… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The gross anatomy of the infant brain at term is fairly similar to that of the adult brain, but
structures are immature, and the brain undergoes rapid growth during the first 2 years of life …