A fuzzy logic approach to identifying brain structures in MRI using expert anatomic knowledge

Computers and Biomedical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 503-516

  Hillman, Gilbert R ^d   Chang, Chih Wei ^b   Ying, HaoYing ^a   Yen, John ^b   Ketonen, Leena ^c   Kent, Thomas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Brain atlas; Functional MRI; Fuzzy logic; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance images

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER MODEL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033386296     PISSN: 00104809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbmr.1999.1516     Document Type: Article

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