Segmentation of brain MR images using an ant colony optimization algorithm

Proceedings of the 2009 9th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and BioEngineering, BIBE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 366-369

  Lee, Myung Eun ^a   Kim, Soo Hyung ^a   Cho, Wan Hyun ^a   Park, Soon Young ^b   Lim, Jun Sik ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Meta heuristic algorithm; MR brain image; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; BRAIN IMAGES; BRAIN MR; META-HEURISTIC ALGORITHM; METAHEURISTIC; MR BRAIN IMAGE; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SEGMENTATION; SEGMENTATION METHODS;

BIOINFORMATICS; FEEDBACK; HEURISTIC METHODS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; PORTALS;

HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 70449379906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIBE.2009.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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