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== Current Projects ==

* Semi Automatic Segmentation and parcellation for the Basal Ganglia
* '''Participants:'''
* GTech: Ramsey Al-Hakim, Delphine Nain, Allen Tannenbaum.
* PNL: Sylvain Bouix, James Levitt, Marc Niethammer, Martha Shenton.
* UCI: James Fallon

== Progress ==

* 05/15/2006: Delphine Nain at the PNL
** Feedback from the PNL with regards to usability and desired features of the Rule-Based Segmentation Slicer module

* 12/2005: Rule Based Segmentation of the Striatum in Slicer
** A Semi-Automatic algorithm for delineation of the striatum into the 5 desired regions was implemented into Slicer
** The algorithm was placed in the "Rule Based Segmentation" Module
** The Module has been sent to the PNL and is currently being tested

* 11/18/2005: Ramsey Al-Hakim at the PNL
** Demo of Ramsey's rule-based subdivision for the striatum
** Feedback from the PNL with regards to usability and desired features
** Ramsey's Matlab program facilitates the subdivision of the striatum based on Jim Fallon's rules (UCI)
** Matlab interface allows for the simple definition of the regions of interest
** Changed the interface from drawing on the segmentation to drawing on the gray-level images
** Future work: Integration of the rule-based subdivision scheme into Slicer
** Future work: Automatic segmentation of the striatum?

* 10/2005:
** Conference call to clarify some of the manual tracing rules.
** Prototype is being developed in Matlab
* Met Ramsey Al-Hakim at the [[Engineering:Programmers_Week_Summer_2005|Programming Week in Boston]] and discussed the possibility of adapting his semi automatic segmentation of area 46 to the basal ganglia. Rules for the parcellation of this structure were given by Dr. James Levitt

== References and Scientific Output ==

* Presentation on semi automated segmentation of DLPFC [[Media:Ramsey-DLPFC_Semi-Automatic_Segmentor.ppt|(slides)]]