A novel kernelized fuzzy C-means algorithm with application in medical image segmentation

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-50

  Zhang, Dao Qiang ^a,b   Chen, Song Can ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Fuzzy C means; Image segmentation; Kernel method; Kernel induced distance; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

FUZZY C-MEANS (FCM) ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; SYNTHESIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 4444347719     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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