A segmentation algorithm for heterogeneous tumor automatic delineation in PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3939-3945

  Hatt, M ^a,b   Roux, C ^a,b,c   Visvikis, D ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b INSERM   (France)

^c ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEAD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPHERES; TUMORS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; BAYESIAN SEGMENTATIONS; CLINICAL STUDIES; FUZZY TRANSITIONS; HETEROGENEOUS OBJECTS; LESION DETECTIONS; NEW ALGORITHMS; ONE HANDS; QUANTITATIVE INDICES; REAL IMAGES; REALISTIC IMAGES; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SPHERICAL OBJECTS; SYNTHETIC IMAGES; THRESHOLDING; TUMOR ACTIVITIES; VARIATIONS OF; VOLUME DETERMINATIONS; VOLUME OF INTERESTS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 48349090825     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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