A brain MR images segmentation method based on SOM neural network

2007 1st International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, ICBBE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 686-689

  Tian, Dan ^a   Fan, Linan ^a  

^a SHENYANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

MR images; SOM neural network; Statistical transformation; Tissue segmentation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PIXELS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE CULTURE;

MR IMAGES; SOM NEURAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL TRANSFORMATION; TISSUE SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 35348837833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICBBE.2007.179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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