Parameter optimization of improved fuzzy c-means clustering algorithm for brain MR image segmentation

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-168

  Forouzanfar, Mohamad ^a,b   Forghani, Nosratallah ^b   Teshnehlab, Mohammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breeding swarm (BS); Genetic algorithms (GAs); Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Particle swarm optimization (PSO)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MR; BRAIN MR IMAGE SEGMENTATION; BREEDING SWARM (BS); EXACT SOLUTION; FCM ALGORITHM; FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; GROUP INTERACTION; HYBRID METHOD; IMPROVED FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING; NEAR-OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD ATTRACTION; NOISE LEVELS; NOISY DATA; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMUM VALUE; PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; RELATIVE LOCATION; SEGMENTATION RESULTS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SYSTEMS; GASES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

EID: 75749157687     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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