# Automatic Intracranial Brain Segmentation from Computed Tomography Head Images

## TL;DR

This paper presents a fast, automatic algorithm for segmenting intracranial brain regions from CT head images, combining HU thresholding, ray intersection, binary erosion, and connected components.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel combination of image processing techniques for efficient intracranial segmentation from CT scans.

## Key findings

- High accuracy in intracranial segmentation
- Fast processing suitable for clinical use
- Robust performance across different CT images

## Abstract

Fast and automatic algorithm to segment Brain (intracranial region) from computed tomography (CT) head images using combination of HU thresholding, identification of intracranial voxels through ray intersection with cranium, special binary erosion and connected components per slice.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1906.09726