An effective approach for segmentation of MRI images: Combining spatial information with fuzzy C-means clustering

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-451

  Beevi, S Zulaikha ^a   Sathik, M Mohamed ^b  

^a NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b Sadakathullah Appa College (Autonomous)   (India)

Author keywords

Clustering; Denoising; Fuzzy C Means (FCM); Histogram; Image segmentation; Medical images; Membership function; Sparse 3D transform domain collaborative filtering; Spatial probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650369192     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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