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Mapping and Visualizing a Segmented Placenta to a Canonical Template
Key Investigators
  - Mazdak Abulnaga (MIT)
 
  - Danielle Pace (MIT)
 
  - Steve Pieper (Isomics)
 
  - Justin Solomon (MIT)
 
  - Polina Golland (MIT)
 
Project Description
The project seeks to flattened images of the placenta for visualization. Segemented placenta are mapped to a canonical template such as an ellipsoid for visualization of anatomy and function. 
We aim to build a module in Slicer to establish correspondence between the original volume and the flattened one.
Objective
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      - Map the segmented placenta with minimal distortion.
 
    
   
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      - Map the grayscale intensity from the original volume to the flattened volume.
 
    
   
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      - Build the visualization module in Slicer. Objective is to be able to click on a location in the original volume and automatically move the cursor on the flattened volume.
 
    
   
Approach and Plan
Progress and Next Steps
  - Created a few test transformations and generated the appropriate displacement fields.
 
  - Saved the displacement fields as NRRD files and successfully loaded them into Slicer.
 
  - Identified bugs in the transformation, it seems there is an inherent rotation that Slicer is unaware of so the field does not apply correctly.
 
Next Steps:
  - Rotation on simple test cases
 
  - Rotation on transformed volumes
 
  - Develop visualization module
 
Illustrations

Background and References