MRI brain tumor segmentation based on improved fuzzy c-means method

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7497, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Deng, Wankai ^a   Xiao, Wei ^a   Pan, Chao ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; FCM; Gradient; Inhomogeneity; MRI

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR SEGMENTATION; BRAIN TUMORS; CLUSTERING SEGMENTATION; FUZZY C-MEANS ALGORITHMS; IMPROVED FUZZY C-MEANS; INHOMOGENEITIES; KEY PROBLEMS; MEAN VARIANCE; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; REGION OF INTEREST; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS;

COPYING; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; EDGE DETECTION; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; TUMORS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 71549148710     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.832577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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