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Evaluating the Feasibility of an Agglomerative Hierarchy Clustering Algorithm for the Automatic Detection of the Arterial Input Function Using DSC-MRI
During dynamic susceptibility contrast-magnetic resonance imaging (DSC-MRI), it has been demonstrated that the arterial input function (AIF) can be obtained using fuzzy c-means (FCM) and k-means clustering methods. However, due to the dependence on the initial centers of clusters, both clustering me...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4059756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24932638 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100308 |
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author | Yin, Jiandong Yang, Jiawen Guo, Qiyong |
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description | During dynamic susceptibility contrast-magnetic resonance imaging (DSC-MRI), it has been demonstrated that the arterial input function (AIF) can be obtained using fuzzy c-means (FCM) and k-means clustering methods. However, due to the dependence on the initial centers of clusters, both clustering methods have poor reproducibility between the calculation and recalculation steps. To address this problem, the present study developed an alternative clustering technique based on the agglomerative hierarchy (AH) method for AIF determination. The performance of AH method was evaluated using simulated data and clinical data based on comparisons with the two previously demonstrated clustering-based methods in terms of the detection accuracy, calculation reproducibility, and computational complexity. The statistical analysis demonstrated that, at the cost of a significantly longer execution time, AH method obtained AIFs more in line with the expected AIF, and it was perfectly reproducible at different time points. In our opinion, the disadvantage of AH method in terms of the execution time can be alleviated by introducing a professional high-performance workstation. The findings of this study support the feasibility of using AH clustering method for detecting the AIF automatically. |
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spelling | pubmed-40597562014-06-19 Evaluating the Feasibility of an Agglomerative Hierarchy Clustering Algorithm for the Automatic Detection of the Arterial Input Function Using DSC-MRI Yin, Jiandong Yang, Jiawen Guo, Qiyong PLoS One Research Article During dynamic susceptibility contrast-magnetic resonance imaging (DSC-MRI), it has been demonstrated that the arterial input function (AIF) can be obtained using fuzzy c-means (FCM) and k-means clustering methods. However, due to the dependence on the initial centers of clusters, both clustering methods have poor reproducibility between the calculation and recalculation steps. To address this problem, the present study developed an alternative clustering technique based on the agglomerative hierarchy (AH) method for AIF determination. The performance of AH method was evaluated using simulated data and clinical data based on comparisons with the two previously demonstrated clustering-based methods in terms of the detection accuracy, calculation reproducibility, and computational complexity. The statistical analysis demonstrated that, at the cost of a significantly longer execution time, AH method obtained AIFs more in line with the expected AIF, and it was perfectly reproducible at different time points. In our opinion, the disadvantage of AH method in terms of the execution time can be alleviated by introducing a professional high-performance workstation. The findings of this study support the feasibility of using AH clustering method for detecting the AIF automatically. Public Library of Science 2014-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4059756/ /pubmed/24932638 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100308 Text en © 2014 Yin et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Yin, Jiandong Yang, Jiawen Guo, Qiyong Evaluating the Feasibility of an Agglomerative Hierarchy Clustering Algorithm for the Automatic Detection of the Arterial Input Function Using DSC-MRI |
title | Evaluating the Feasibility of an Agglomerative Hierarchy Clustering Algorithm for the Automatic Detection of the Arterial Input Function Using DSC-MRI |
title_full | Evaluating the Feasibility of an Agglomerative Hierarchy Clustering Algorithm for the Automatic Detection of the Arterial Input Function Using DSC-MRI |
title_fullStr | Evaluating the Feasibility of an Agglomerative Hierarchy Clustering Algorithm for the Automatic Detection of the Arterial Input Function Using DSC-MRI |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the Feasibility of an Agglomerative Hierarchy Clustering Algorithm for the Automatic Detection of the Arterial Input Function Using DSC-MRI |
title_short | Evaluating the Feasibility of an Agglomerative Hierarchy Clustering Algorithm for the Automatic Detection of the Arterial Input Function Using DSC-MRI |
title_sort | evaluating the feasibility of an agglomerative hierarchy clustering algorithm for the automatic detection of the arterial input function using dsc-mri |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4059756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24932638 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100308 |
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