Genus zero surface conformal mapping and its application to brain surface mapping

Xianfeng Gu, Yalin Wang, Tony F. Chan, Paul M. Thompson, Shing Tung Yau

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Abstract

It is well known that any genus zero surface can be mapped conformally onto the sphere and any local portion thereof onto a disk. However it is not trivial to find a general method which finds a conformal mapping between two general genus zero surfaces. We propose a new variational method which can find a unique mapping between any two genus zero manifolds by minimizing the harmonic energy of the map. We demonstrate the feasibility of our algorithm by applying it to the cortical surface matching problem. We use a mesh structure to represent the brain surface. Further constraints are added to ensure that the conformal map is unique. Empirical tests on MRI data show that the mappings preserve angular relationships are stable in MRIs acquired at different times and are robust to differences in data triangulation and resolution. Compared with other brain surface conformal mapping algorithms our algorithm is more stable and has good extensibility.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)172-184
Number of pages13
JournalInformation processing in medical imaging : proceedings of the … conference
Volume18
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2003
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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