Convolutional neural network-based segmentation can help in assessing the substantia nigra in neuromelanin MRI.

Alice Le BerreKoji KamagataYujiro OtsukaChristina AndicaTaku HatanoLaetitia SaccentiTakashi OgawaHaruka Takeshige-AmanoAkihiko WadaMichimasa SuzukiAkifumi HagiwaraRyusuke IrieMasaaki HoriGenko OyamaYashushi ShimoAtsushi UmemuraNobutaka HattoriShigeki Aoki

Published in: Neuroradiology (2019)

U-net segmentation provided relatively high accuracy in the evaluation of the SNpc in NM-MRI and yielded diagnostic performance comparable to that of the established manual method.

Keyphrases

convolutional neural network
deep learning
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted imaging
photodynamic therapy
computed tomography