Brain extraction method for T1-weighted magnetic resonance scans

2010 International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications, SPCOM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Somasundaram, K ^a   Kalaiselvi, T ^a  

^a GANDHIGRAM RURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brain anatomy; Brain extraction; Intensity thresholding; Region labeling; Segmentation; T1 weighted MRI scans

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANATOMY; BRAIN EXTRACTION; MRI SCAN; REGION LABELING; SEGMENTATION; THRESHOLDING;

BINARY IMAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WEB SERVICES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77958475018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPCOM.2010.5560513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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