A new segmentation system for brain MR images based on fuzzy techniques

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1599-1606

  Kannan, S R ^a  

^a GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy C mean; Fuzzy membership C mean (FMCM); MRI; Unsupervised clustering algorithm

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SYSTEMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RESONANCE;

BRAIN MR; C-MEANS; FUZZY C-MEAN; FUZZY MEMBERSHIP C-MEAN (FMCM); FUZZY MEMBERSHIPS; FUZZY TECHNIQUES; MEMBERSHIP MATRIX; MR IMAGING; MRI; PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION; SEGMENTATION SYSTEM; UNSUPERVISED CLUSTERING ALGORITHM; UNSUPERVISED CLUSTERING METHODS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 50149110607     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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