BrainSplitter - an object oriented
software for automatic extraction of the mid-sagittal plane from
a brain surface
Mikko Itäranta, Jouni Mutanen, Ilkka Virtanen, Esa Ylimäki and Jouni Mykkänen
Department of Computer Sciences
University of Tampere
Finland
BrainSplitter is an object-oriented C++ software for automatic extraction
of the mid-sagittal plane from a brain surface mesh. The input mesh
can be created by using the dualsurfacemin software.
The algorithm is adapated from [1], see more information in [2].
The BrainSplitter software can
be applied problems where the brain hemishperes need to be separated.
- A GNU C++ compiler (3.3 or newer),
- fftw3 library
- Makefile utility.
We have tested the software in Linux operating systems (32-bit).
- A brain surface mesh generated by Dualsurfacemin
software.
- A software to view resulting meshes (e.g. Javaview).
Dualsurfacemin is licensed under the GNU GPL
See 'LICENSE' file in the software package.
brainsplitter-1.0-src.tar.gz
(2.4Mb)
The current version is 1.0. Before using the software, please read BUGLIST file included in the package.
For visualization the meshes on image, we have developed a
Surface Mesh Visualizer (SMV)
Java package for
ImageJ.
The SMV is also freely available.
Note, this software is a beta release (V1.1).
- 1
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Y. Liu, R.T. Collins, and W.E. Rothfus.
Robust midsagittal plane extraction from normal and pathological
3-D neuroradiology images.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 20(3):175-192, 2001.
- 2
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J. Mykkänen, J. Tohka, J. Luoma, and U. Ruotsalainen.
Automatic ectraction of brain surface and mid-sagittal plane from
PET images applying deformable models.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2005.
In press.
Jouni Mykk{nen
2005-05-31