Statistical approach for brain cancer classification using a region growing threshold

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-471

  Al Naami, Bassam ^a   Bashir, Adnan ^a   Amasha, Hani ^a   Al Nabulsi, Jamal ^a   Almalty, Abdul Majeed ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Box plot; Brain cancer (BCa); Filtration; Inter quartile range (IQR); Segmentation; T test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REGION GROWING THRESHOLD;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79961168617     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-009-9382-6     Document Type: Article

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