Automated quantification of brain magnetic resonance image hyperintensities using hybrid clustering and knowledge-based methods

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-293

  Gosche, Karen M ^a,b   Velthuizen, Robert P ^b   Murtagh, F Reed ^b   Arrington, John A ^b   Gross, William W ^b   Mortimer, James A ^a   Clarke, Laurence P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; IMAGE CODING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

KNOWLEDGE-GUIDED HYPERINTENSITY DETECTION (KGHID);

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0032633737     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1098(1999)10:3<287::AID-IMA9>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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