Region growing for MRI brain tumor volume analysis

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Dubey, R B ^a   Hanmandlu, M ^b   Gupta, S K ^c,d  

^a Apeejay College of Engineering   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c Vaish College of Engineering   (India)

^d DEENBANDHU CHHOTU RAM UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Imaging; MRI; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955460436     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2009/v2i9/2951729     Document Type: Article

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