Uterine segmentation and volume measurement in uterine fibroid patients' MRI using Fuzzy C-Mean algorithm and morphological operations

Iranian Journal of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-156

  Fallahi, Alireza ^a   Pooyan, Mohammad ^b   Ghanaati, Hossein ^c   Oghabian, Mohammad Ali ^d   Khotanlou, Hassan ^e   Shakiba, Madjid ^c   Jalali, Amir Hossein ^c   Firouznia, Kavous ^c  

^a HAMEDAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Patients; Uterine Fibroids

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FUZZY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERUS MYOMA; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84857081549     PISSN: 17351065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kmp.iranjradiol.17351065.3142     Document Type: Article

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