Title: Three-dimensional reconstruction of grey matter

Authors: Megha Sunil Borse; Shubhangi B. Patil

Addresses: Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Karvenagar, Pune 411052, Maharashtra, India ' Department of Electronics Engineering, Dr. J.J. Magdum College of Engineering, Maharashtra, India

Abstract: Brain is made up of different tissues. Out of these different tissues of the brain grey matter is important as it processes information in the brain. Structures within the grey matter process signals which are generated in the sensory organs or other areas of the grey matter. In order to determine the actual content of grey matter in the brain it is essential to construct 3D volume of grey matter. Using segmentation techniques grey matter is separated from 2D MRI images. As skull has same intensity value as that of the grey matter it also gets separated along with grey matter. In order to remove the skull part various morphological operations are performed. By stacking together the separated grey matter a 3D volume is constructed. Surface rendering process is applied to this volume which gives the proper illumination based on viewing angle. This model is useful for the diagnosis of various abnormalities related with this tissue.

Keywords: cerebral spinal fluid; CSF; osseous compact substance; OCS; osseous spongy substance; OSS; grey matter; white matter; scalp.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2017.085143

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2017 Vol.24 No.3, pp.264 - 284

Received: 26 Feb 2016
Accepted: 16 May 2016

Published online: 13 Jul 2017 *

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