An automatic lesion segmentation method for fast spin echo magnetic resonance images using an ensemble of neural networks

Neural Networks for Signal Processing - Proceedings of the IEEE Workshop

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 709-718

  Hadjiprocopis, Andreas ^a   Tofts, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPIN POLARIZATION; SPINNING (FIBERS);

AUTOMATIC METHOD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; FAST SPIN ECHOS; FINITE DIMENSIONAL SPACE; LESION SEGMENTATIONS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS LESIONS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 44349106023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NNSP.2003.1318070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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