Fully automatic brain extraction algorithm for axial T2-weighted magnetic resonance images

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 811-822

  Somasundaram, K ^a   Kalaiselvi, T ^a  

^a GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brain extraction algorithms; Diffusion process; Morphological operations; Overlap test; Region selection; Similarity index; T2 weighted MRI scans

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EXTRACTION; DIFFUSION PROCESS; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS; MRI SCAN; OVERLAP TEST; REGION SELECTION; SIMILARITY INDICES;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LOW PASS FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN SLICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T2 WEIGHTED NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77957285174     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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