An automated technique for statistical characterization of brain tissues in magnetic resonance imaging

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1189-1211

  Pham, Dzung ^b   Prince, Jerry L ^a   Xu, Chenyang ^a   Dagher, Azar P ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy c means; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Parameter estimation; Pulse sequence optimization; Relaxation times

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001143455     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021800149700055X     Document Type: Article

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