Automatic brain MR image segmentation by relative thresholding and morphological image analysis

VISAPP 2006 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 354-361

  Li, Kai ^a   Malony, Allen D ^a   Tucker, Don M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Electrical Geodesics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

A priori knowledge; Brain; First order logic; Geodesic opening; Intensity inhomogeneity; Mathematical morphology; MR; Relative thresholding; Segmentation; Skeleton based opening

Indexed keywords

A PRIORI KNOWLEDGE; APRIORI; FIRST ORDER LOGIC; GEODESIC OPENING; INTENSITY INHOMOGENEITY; THRESHOLDING SEGMENTATION;

BRAIN; COMPUTER VISION; FORMAL LOGIC; GEODESY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; STRIPPING (DYES);

MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 75649097049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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