Adaptive fuzzy segmentation of magnetic resonance images

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 737-752

  Pham, Dzung L ^a   Prince, Jerry L ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CLUSTERING METHODS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY LOGIC; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0033181293     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.802752     Document Type: Article

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