Non-parametric segmentation of multi-spectral MR images incorporating spatial and intensity information

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4684 I, Issue , 2002, Pages 391-400

  Derganc, Jože ^a   Likar, Boštjan ^a   Pernuš, Franjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Medical image segmentation; Multi spectral image analysis; Non parametric clustering; Non uniformity correction; Unsupervised classification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

NON-PARAMETRIC SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0036035478     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.467181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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