Presentation 2019-05-17
Personalized head models from MRI using convolutional neural networks
Essam Rashed, Jose Gomez-Tames, Akimasa Hirata,
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Abstract(in English) Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive clinical technique used for treatment of several neurological diseases. The brain induced electric field is known for inter- /intra- subject variabilities, which make it difficult to accurately adjust TMS parameters for different subjects. Therefore, a computer simulation is frequently used to simulate different TMS setups using models generated from anatomical images (e.g. MRI) of the examined subject. Human head models are generated by segmentation of MRI images into different anatomical tissues with isotropic electric conductivity each. This process is time-consuming and requires a special experience to segment a relatively large number of tissues. In this paper, we propose a deep convolution neural network for human head segmentation that is convenient for simulation of electrical field distribution, such as TMS. The proposed network is used to generate personalized head models from MRI with high accuracy. Results indicate that the personalized head models generated using the proposed method demonstrate strong matching with those achieved from manually segmented ones.
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Keyword(in English) Convolutional neural networkdeep learningimage segmentationtranscranial magnetic stimulation
Paper # EST2019-3
Date of Issue 2019-05-10 (EST)

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Committee EST
Conference Date 2019/5/17(1days)
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Place (in English) Nagoya Inst. Tech.
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Topics (in English) Simulation techniques, etc.
Chair Akimasa Hirata(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Shinichiro Ohnuki(Nihon Univ.) / Masayuki Kimishima(Advantest) / Jun Shibayama(Hosei Univ.)
Secretary Shinichiro Ohnuki(CIST) / Masayuki Kimishima(National Inst. of Tech.,Sendai College) / Jun Shibayama
Assistant Takahiro Ito(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) / Kazuhiro Fujita(Fujitsu)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Electronics Simulation Technology
Language ENG
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Title (in English) Personalized head models from MRI using convolutional neural networks
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Convolutional neural networkdeep learningimage segmentationtranscranial magnetic stimulation
1st Author's Name Essam Rashed
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya Institute of Technology(NITech)
2nd Author's Name Jose Gomez-Tames
2nd Author's Affiliation Nagoya Institute of Technology(NITech)
3rd Author's Name Akimasa Hirata
3rd Author's Affiliation Nagoya Institute of Technology(NITech)
Date 2019-05-17
Paper # EST2019-3
Volume (vol) vol.119
Number (no) EST-42
Page pp.pp.9-12(EST),
#Pages 4
Date of Issue 2019-05-10 (EST)