[Insight-users] skull stripping

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi U.

Skull Stripping on CT should be easier, given that
bone has a very high signature in Hounsfield units.

You could first segment the skull bone, and then
use distance maps to separate the brain.


     Luis


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On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 1:17 PM, U Yakubov <uyakubov007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Luis,
>
> Skull stripper that you mentioned below works for MR images. What about CT
> images?
>
> Thanks,
>
> U.
>
> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi U,
>>
>> You may find this useful:
>>
>>
>>   http://svn.na-mic.org/NAMICSandBox/trunk/SkullStripper/
>>
>>
>> http://www.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/NA-MIC_JHU_Skull_Stripping_Collaboration
>>
>>   http://www.slicer.org/slicerWiki/index.php/Modules:SkullStripperModule
>>
>>
>> They are based on ITK.
>>
>>
>>    Luis
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:49 PM, U Yakubov <uyakubov007 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi experts,
>> >
>> > Does anyone now how to make skull stripping from MRI and CT images using
>> > itk
>> > software.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > U
>> >
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