Segmentation and differentiation of periventricular and deep white matter hyperintensities in 2D T2-FLAIR MRI based on a cascade U-net

BackgroundWhite matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are a subtype of cerebral small vessel disease and can be divided into periventricular WMHs (pvWMHs) and deep WMHs (dWMHs). pvWMHs and dWMHs were proved to be determined by different etiologies. This study aimed to develop a 2D Cascade U-net (Cascade U)...

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Main Authors: Tan Gong, Hualu Han, Zheng Tan, Zihan Ning, Huiyu Qiao, Miaoxin Yu, Xihai Zhao, Xiaoying Tang, Gaifen Liu, Fei Shang, Shuai Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2022.1021477/full