Subvoxel segmentation and representation of brain cortex using fuzzy clustering and gradient vector diffusion

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7623, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Chang, Ming Ching ^a   Tao, Xiaodong ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

anisotropic diffusion; bias field correction; central surface; cerebral cortex; cortical thickness; gradient vector diffusion; intensity inhomogeneity; tissue classification

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION; BIAS FIELD; CENTRAL SURFACE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL THICKNESS; GRADIENT VECTOR DIFFUSION; INTENSITY INHOMOGENEITY; TISSUE CLASSIFICATION;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; TISSUE; TOPOLOGY; VECTORS; VISUALIZATION;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 79751507747     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.843853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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