Multicontext fuzzy clustering for separation of brain tissues in magnetic resonance images

NeuroImage

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 685-696

  Zhu, Chaozhe ^a   Jiang, Tianzi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Fuzzy clustering; Image segmentation; Information fusion; Intensity inhomogeneities; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GRAY MATTER; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0037347070     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(03)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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