• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 55, Issue 11, 111011 (2018)
Lu Ren1, Qiang Li1、*, Xin Guan1, and Jie Ma2
Author Affiliations
  • 1 School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2 Tianjin Weishen Technology Company Limited, Tianjin 300384, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP55.111011 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Lu Ren, Qiang Li, Xin Guan, Jie Ma. Three-Dimensional Segmentation of Brain Tumors in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Based on Improved Continuous Max-Flow[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2018, 55(11): 111011 Copy Citation Text show less
    Framework of the segmentation algorithm proposed
    Fig. 1. Framework of the segmentation algorithm proposed
    Four types of brain tumor MRI images and the expert segmentation result
    Fig. 2. Four types of brain tumor MRI images and the expert segmentation result
    Three types of brain tumor MRI images and the fused image. (a) Flair; (b) T1C; (c) T2; (d) fused image
    Fig. 3. Three types of brain tumor MRI images and the fused image. (a) Flair; (b) T1C; (c) T2; (d) fused image
    Histograms of three types of brain tumor MRI images and the fused image. (a) Flair; (b) T1C; (c) T2; (d) fused image
    Fig. 4. Histograms of three types of brain tumor MRI images and the fused image. (a) Flair; (b) T1C; (c) T2; (d) fused image
    Main steps of HGG 3D segmentation. (a) Under-segmented image; (b) accurate-segmented image; (c) final segmented result; (d) gold standard
    Fig. 5. Main steps of HGG 3D segmentation. (a) Under-segmented image; (b) accurate-segmented image; (c) final segmented result; (d) gold standard
    Main steps of LGG 3D segmentation. (a) Under-segmented image; (b) accurate-segmented image; (c) final segmented result; (d) gold standard
    Fig. 6. Main steps of LGG 3D segmentation. (a) Under-segmented image; (b) accurate-segmented image; (c) final segmented result; (d) gold standard
    Fusion ratio1∶0∶00∶1∶00∶0∶18∶0∶27∶1∶27∶0∶36∶0∶46∶1∶35∶2∶35∶1∶4
    Dice0.82770.20660.69890.83290.83680.85020.86000.86190.86080.8958
    Precision0.89650.48790.76870.93160.93490.92690.92460.90780.90140.9359
    Recall0.75450.37860.57580.76710.78200.80620.80040.84450.86010.8626
    Table 1. Processing result of 45 images for different ratios
    DirectionUnder-segmented imageAccurate-segmented imageFinal segmented imageGold standard
    Horizontalplane
    Coronalplane
    Sagittalplane
    Dice0.86450.90070.9449
    Table 2. Segmentation of the HGG in various directions
    DirectionUnder-segmented imageAccurate-segmented imageFinal segmented imageGold standard
    Horizontalplane
    Coronalplane
    Sagittalplane
    Dice0.86620.90240.9038
    Table 3. Segmentation of the LGG in various directions
    MethodDicePrecisionRecallTime /min
    FCM0.880.920.830.4
    Proposed0.900.940.860.3
    Table 4. Segmentation performance evaluation of improved FCM segmentation method
    IndexStatisticsHGGLGGAll data
    DiceMax value0.94490.90380.9449
    Min value0.85210.85530.8521
    Mean0.89590.88480.8948
    Standard deviation0.02510.02210.0240
    PrecisionMax value0.98610.99220.9922
    Min value0.82010.80340.8034
    Mean0.93590.92680.9351
    Standard deviation0.04700.07330.0492
    RecallMax value0.97870.94120.9787
    Min value0.75820.75160.7582
    Mean0.86270.85430.8619
    Standard deviation0.04950.06810.0508
    Table 5. Index statistics of HGG, LGG and all data
    MethodDicePrecisionRecallTime /min
    Zhao et al.[9]0.870.930.863
    Pereria et al.[10]0.880.890.887.5
    Proposed0.900.940.860.3
    Table 6. Segmentation performance evaluation of three segmentation methods
    Lu Ren, Qiang Li, Xin Guan, Jie Ma. Three-Dimensional Segmentation of Brain Tumors in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Based on Improved Continuous Max-Flow[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2018, 55(11): 111011
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