Efficient fuzzy clustering based approach to brain tumor segmentation on MR images

Communications in Computer and Information Science

Volumn 250 CCIS, Issue , 2011, Pages 790-795

  Arakeri, Megha P ^a   Ram Mohana Reddy, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Efficiency; Fuzzy c means clustering; Magnetic resonance image; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MR; BRAIN TUMOR SEGMENTATION; BRAIN TUMORS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; FCM ALGORITHM; FUZZY C MEANS CLUSTERING; GRAY LEVELS; INITIAL CLUSTER CENTERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE; MR IMAGES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; UNSUPERVISED CLUSTERING METHODS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; EFFICIENCY; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TUMORS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84055176552     PISSN: 18650929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25734-6_141     Document Type: Conference Paper

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