An algorithm based on Girth-Location for MR Head image segmentation

BioMedical Engineering and Informatics: New Development and the Future - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 3-7

  Wu, Jun ^a   Tian, Xiaolin ^a  

^a MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

Author keywords

Connective areas; Girth Location; Image Segmentation; MR Head Image

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; LOCATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BOUNDARY INFORMATION; BRAIN STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVE AREAS; LOCATION INFORMATION; MR HEADS; NEW APPROACHES; REGION GROWING; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 51649083286     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BMEI.2008.312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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