Segmentation of multiple sclerosis lesions in MRI: An image analysis approach

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3338, Issue , 1998, Pages 1106-1116

  Krishnan, Kalpagam ^a   Atkins, M Stella ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feature extraction; Image analysis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; BRAIN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ANALYSIS APPROACHES; BRAIN IMAGES; CEREBRO-SPINAL FLUIDS; DATA SEQUENCES; INTENSITY-BASED METHODS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS LESIONS; PROTON DENSITIES; SEGMENTATION; SPIN SPINS; TWO STAGES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL HISTOGRAMS; WHITE MATTERS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 60849118692     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.310837     Document Type: Conference Paper

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