@techreport{TR-IC-07-26,
  number = {IC-07-26},
  author = {F.P.G.~Bergo and G.C.S.~Ruppert and
            L.F.~Pinto and A.X.~Falc{\~{a}}o},
  title = {Fast and Robust Mid-sagittal Plane Location in
           {3D} {MR} Images of the Brain},
  month = {August},
  year = {2007}, 
  institution = {Institute of Computing, University of Campinas},
  note = {In English, 12 pages.
    \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract}
       Extraction of the mid-sagittal plane (MSP) is an important step
       for brain image registration and asymmetry analysis. We present
       a fast MSP extraction method for 3D MR images, which is based
       on automatic segmentation of the brain and on heuristic
       maximization of cerebro-spinal fluid within the MSP. The method
       is shown to be robust to severe anatomical asymmetries between
       the hemispheres, caused by surgical procedures and lesions. The
       experiments used 64 MR images (36 pathological, 20 healthy, 8
       synthetic) and the method found an acceptable approximation of
       the MSP in all images with a mean time of 60.0 seconds per
       image.
  }
}