A modified fuzzy C-means classification method using a multiscale diffusion filtering scheme

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-202

  Wang, Hesheng ^a   Fei, Baowei ^a,b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy C means; Image classification; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Multiscale diffusion filter; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MR; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; COARSE TO FINES; DIFFUSION FILTERS; FUZZY C-MEANS; GROUND TRUTHS; IMAGE SERIES; MR-IMAGES; MULTI-SCALE; MULTISCALE DIFFUSION FILTER; NEUROIMAGING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OTHER APPLICATIONS; QUANTITATIVE TOOLS; SYNTHESIZED IMAGES; VALIDATION STUDIES;

DIFFUSION; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY RULES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

FUZZY SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA BASE; DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; FUZZY SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 62549123629     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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