Review of brain MRI image segmentation methods

Artificial Intelligence Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-274

  Balafar, M A ^a   Ramli, A R ^a   Saripan, M I ^a   Mashohor, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Brain; MRI; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN IMAGES; BRAIN MRI; BRAIN SEGMENTATION; CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC TOOL; CLINICAL TOOLS; IMAGING MODALITY; INHOMOGENEITIES; INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; NOISE REDUCTIONS; SEGMENTATION METHODS;

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESONANCE;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 77949273268     PISSN: 02692821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10462-010-9155-0     Document Type: Review

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