Segmentation of multiple sclerosis lesions in brain MRI: A review of automated approaches

Information Sciences

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 164-185

  Lladó, Xavier ^a   Oliver, Arnau ^a   Cabezas, Mariano ^a   Freixenet, Jordi ^a   Vilanova, Joan C ^b   Quiles, Ana ^c   Valls, Laia ^c   Ramió Torrent, Lluís ^d   Rovira, Lex ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b Girona Magnetic Resonance Center   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^d GIRONA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBGI   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automated lesion segmentation; Brain MRI; Multiple sclerosis; Review

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED APPROACH; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; BRAIN MRI; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS LESIONS; POSSIBLE FUTURES; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; REVIEWS;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 81355139056     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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