Automatic brain lesion segmentation on standard MRIs of the human head: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Automatic brain lesion segmentation from medical images has great potential to support clinical decision making. Although numerous methods have been proposed, significant challenges must be addressed before they will become established in clinical and research practice. We aim to elucidate the state of the art, to provide a synopsis of competing approaches and identify contrasts between them.

Methods and analysis

We present the background and study design of a scoping review for automatic brain lesion segmentation methods for conventional MRI according to the framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley. We aim to identify common image processing steps as well as mathematical and computational theories implemented in these methods. We will aggregate the evidence on

SUBMITTER: Gryska EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398796 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature