Automated segmentation of multiple sclerosis lesions in multispectral MR imaging using fuzzy clustering

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-40

  Boudraa, Abdel Ouahab ^a,b   Dehak, Sidi Mohammed Réda ^b,c   Zhu, Yue Min ^b   Pachai, Chahin ^b   Bao, Yong Gang ^b   Grimaud, Jérôme ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^d Hôpital d'Antiquaille 69005   (France)

Author keywords

Fuzzy clustering; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple Sclerosis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

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

FUZZY CLUSTERING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033973476     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(99)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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