Segmentation of Brain Parenchyma and Cerebrospinal Fluid in Multispectral Magnetic Resonance Images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 339-349

  Lundervold, Arvid ^a   Storvik, Geir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL BOUNDARIES; ARACHNOID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0029325981     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.387715     Document Type: Article

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