Neural-Network-Based Segmentation of Multi-Modal Medical Images: A Comparative and Prospective Study

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 534-544

  Özkan, Mehmed ^a   Dawant, Benoit M ^b   Maciunas, Robert J ^b  

^a BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL NETWORKS;

HUMAN BRAIN; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INTER SLICE INTENSITY VARIATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFIERS; MULTI MODAL MEDICAL IMAGES; SEGMENTATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0027662763     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.241881     Document Type: Article

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