Fuzzy c-means clustering with non local spatial information for noisy image segmentation

Frontiers of Computer Science in China

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-56

  Zhao, Feng ^a   Jiao, Licheng ^a   Liu, Hanqiang ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

fuzzy clustering algorithm; image segmentation; magnetic resonance (MR) image; non local spatial information

Indexed keywords

FCM ALGORITHM; FUZZY C MEANS CLUSTERING; FUZZY C-MEANS CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; IMAGE NOISE; NOISE LEVELS; NONLOCAL; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; REAL IMAGES; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SEGMENTATION PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL CONSTRAINTS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS;

FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION USE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 79952072097     PISSN: 16737350     EISSN: 16737466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11704-010-0393-8     Document Type: Article

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