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An algorithm for learning shape and appearance models without annotations

Ashburner, J; Brudfors, M; Bronik, K; Balbastre, Y; (2019) An algorithm for learning shape and appearance models without annotations. Medical Image Analysis , 55 pp. 197-215. 10.1016/j.media.2019.04.008. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper presents a framework for automatically learning shape and appearance models for medical (and certain other) images. The algorithm was developed with the aim of eventually enabling distributed privacy-preserving analysis of brain image data, such that shared information (shape and appearance basis functions) may be passed across sites, whereas latent variables that encode individual images remain secure within each site. These latent variables are proposed as features for privacy-preserving data mining applications. The approach is demonstrated qualitatively on the KDEF dataset of 2D face images, showing that it can align images that traditionally require shape and appearance models trained using manually annotated data (manually defined landmarks etc.). It is applied to the MNIST dataset of handwritten digits to show its potential for machine learning applications, particularly when training data is limited. The model is able to handle “missing data”, which allows it to be cross-validated according to how well it can predict left-out voxels. The suitability of the derived features for classifying individuals into patient groups was assessed by applying it to a dataset of over 1900 segmented T1-weighted MR images, which included images from the COBRE and ABIDE datasets.

Type: Article
Title: An algorithm for learning shape and appearance models without annotations
Location: Netherlands
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2019.04.008
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2019.04.008
Language: English
Additional information: © 2019 Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Appearance model, Diffeomorphisms, Geodesic shooting, Latent variables, Machine learning, Shape model
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Imaging Neuroscience
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074610
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