Automated Ventricular System Segmentation in Paediatric Patients Treated for Hydrocephalus Using Deep Learning Methods

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Variability in the size, shape, and distribution of CSF. Sagittal reconstructions from images of three different patients from our dataset that were treated for hydrocephalus. Examples include (a) a patient with encephalocele (treated surgically before the CT scan) and ((b) and (c)) patients with prematurity-associated intraventricular haemorrhage grade IV with bleeding extending into the brain tissue around the ventricles. Patients were treated with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Ventricular system boundaries are marked with a yellow line.

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