Segmentation of multivariate medical images via unsupervised clustering with 'adaptive resolution'

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 119-129

  Schenone, A ^a   Firenze, F ^b   Acquarone, F ^a   Gambaro, M ^a   Masulli, F ^b   Andreucci, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Interactive tools; MRI; Multimodal images; Neural networks; Principal component analysis; Segmentation; Unsupervised clustering

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE UNDERSTANDING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

MULTIMODAL IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030572166     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-6111(96)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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