A multiscale and multiblock fuzzy C-means classification method for brain MR images

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2879-2891

  Yang, Xiaofeng ^a   Fei, Baowei ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Emory University   (United States)

Author keywords

bilateral filter; fuzzy C means (FCM); image classification; magnetic resonance images (MRI); multiblock; multiscale

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; FUZZY FILTERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NONLINEAR FILTERING; PIXELS; STATISTICS; TISSUE;

BILATERAL FILTERS; FUZZY C MEAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES (MRI); MULTI BLOCKS; MULTISCALE;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 79958798585     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3584199     Document Type: Article

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