Interpretation of MR images using self-organizing maps and knowledge-based expert systems

Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 668-677

  Güler, Inan ^a   Demirhan, Ayşe ^a   Karakiş, Rukiye ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Knowledge based expert systems; MR images; Self organizing maps

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFORMAL MAPPING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; GRAY LEVEL CO-OCCURRENCE MATRIX; IMAGE INTENSITIES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS; MR IMAGES; MULTI-SCALE FEATURES; TEXTURE FEATURES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 67349211053     PISSN: 10512004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsp.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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