Fuzzy clustering and deformable model for tumor segmentation on MRI brain image: A combined approach

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 327-333

  Rajendran, A ^a   Dhanasekaran, R ^b  

^a RVS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SYED AMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Deformable model; Edge map; FCM; MRI image; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN IMAGES; BRAIN TUMOR SEGMENTATION; BRAIN TUMORS; DEFORMABLE MODELS; EDGE MAP; EVALUATION RESULTS; EXTERNAL FORCE FIELD; FCM; GRADIENT VECTOR FIELD; IMAGE FEATURES; INITIAL CONTOUR; INITIAL SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MRI IMAGE; REGION-BASED; TUMOR BOUNDARY; TUMOR SEGMENTATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MODELS; COMMUNICATION; DEFORMATION; FUZZY CLUSTERING; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84859049524     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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