A Method to Differentiate Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer in MR Images using Eigen Value Descriptors.

Automated analysis and differentiation of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's condition using MR images is clinically significant in dementic disorder. Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a fatal and common form of dementia that progressively affects the patients. Shape descriptors could better differentiate the morphological alterations of brain structures and aid in the development of prospective disease modifying therapies.

Segmentation and Analysis of Corpus Callosum in Alzheimer MR Images using Total Variation Based Diffusion Filter and Level Set Method.

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a common form of dementia that affects gray and white matter structures of brain. Manifestation of AD leads to cognitive deficits such as memory impairment problems, ability to think and difficulties in performing day to day activities. Although the etiology of this disease is unclear, imaging biomarkers are highly useful in the early diagnosis of AD.

Total variation based edge enhancement for level set segmentation and asymmetry analysis in breast thermograms.

In this work, an attempt has been made to perform asymmetry analysis in breast thermograms using non-linear total variation diffusion filter and reaction diffusion based level set method. Breast images used in this study are obtained from online database of the project PROENG. Initially the images are subjected to total variation (TV) diffusion filter to generate the edge map.

Atrophy analysis of corpus callosum in Alzheimer brain MR images using anisotropic diffusion filtering and level sets.

In this work, an attempt has been made to analyze the atrophy of Corpus Callosum (CC) in Alzheimer brain magnetic resonance images using anisotropic diffusion filtering and modified distance regularized level set method. Anisotropic diffusion filtering is used as preprocessing to obtain the edge map. The modified distance regularized level set method is employed to segment CC using this edge map.

Anisotropic diffusion filter based edge enhancement for the segmentation of carotid intima-media layer in ultrasound images using variational level set method without re-initialisation.

In this work an attempt has been made to enhance the edges and segment the boundary of intima-media layer of Common Carotid Artery (CCA) using anisotropic diffusion filter and level set method. Ultrasound B mode longitudinal images of normal and abnormal images of common carotid arteries are used in this study. The images are subjected to anisotropic diffusion filter to generate edge map.

Segmentation of ventricles in Alzheimer mr images using anisotropic diffusion filtering and level set method.

Ventricle enlargement is a useful structural biomarker for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). This devastating neurodegenerative disorder results in progression of dementia. Although AD results in the passive increment of ventricle volume, there exists a large overlap in the volume measurements of AD and normal subjects.