A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Transcranial Sonography System with Placement Free

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA 2002)

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 525-528

  Hata, Yutaka ^a   Shimizu, Takashi ^a   Kobashi, Syoji ^a   Kondo, Katsuya ^a   Kitamura, Yuri T ^b   Yanagida, Toshio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain science; Fuzzy system; Placement free; Transcranial sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

BRAIN SCIENCE; TRANSCRANIAL SONOGRAPHY;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 1842580422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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