A modified fuzzy clustering algorithm for operator independent brain tissue classification of dual echo MR images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1065-1076

  Suckling, J ^a,b   Sigmundsson, T ^b   Greenwood, K ^b   Bullmore, E T ^b  

^a Clinical Age Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automation; Fuzzy clustering; Neuroimaging; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0032845894     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(99)00055-7     Document Type: Article

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