A statistical method for efficient segmentation of MR imagery

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1213-1231

  Kaufhold, J ^a   Schneider, M ^b   Willsky, A S ^b   Karl, W C ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic diffusion; Calculus of variations; Edge preserving; Estimation; Kalman filter; Medical imaging; MR imaging; Segmentation; Smoothing variational methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344750356     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001497000561     Document Type: Article

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